All things that a man owns hold him far more than he holds them. — Sigrid Undset All things Copy Share Image
I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom — Sigrid Undset Education Copy Share Image
Easy for them to keep their youth who will never learn a lesson. — Sigrid Undset Easy Copy Share Image
But I didn’t realize then that the consequence of sin is that you have to trample on other people. — Sigrid Undset Consequence Copy Share Image
Many a man is given what is intended for another, but no man is given another's fate. — Sigrid Undset Fate Copy Share Image
I rolled myself up into a tight ball of resistance and it was thus that I went through my school years. — Sigrid Undset Balls Copy Share Image
Most of my father's life consisted of traveling to almost every part of Europe. — Sigrid Undset Europe Copy Share Image
I saw not till now what sin brings with it - that we must tread others underfoot. — Sigrid Undset Saws Copy Share Image
“... with the few small spots of light like golden stars in the night, the sweet stale scent of incense, and the… — Sigrid Undset Night Sweet Copy Share Image
I hated school so intensely. It interfered with my freedom. I avoided the discipline by an elaborate technique of being absent-minded during… — Sigrid Undset Absent Copy Share Image
It’s a good thing when you don’t dare do something if you don’t think it’s right. But it’s not good when you… — Sigrid Undset Dare Copy Share Image
I am not so foolish as to murmur, if now, since I have drunk up my wine and beer, I have to… — Sigrid Undset Beer Copy Share Image
I went to work in an office and learned, among other lessons, to do things I did not care for, and to… — Sigrid Undset Book Copy Share Image
“Are you so arrogant that you think yourself capable of sinning so badly that God’s mercy is not great enough? . . .” — Sigrid Undset Arrogant Copy Share Image
Tis well when we dare not do a thing we think is not good and fair; but not so well when we… — Sigrid Undset Dare Copy Share Image
One cannot escape dogmas—those who hold most firmly to dogmas today are those whose only dogma is that dogmas should be feared… — Sigrid Undset Dogma Copy Share Image
“As your pierced hands were stretched out on the cross, O precious Lord of Heaven. No matter how far a soul might… — Sigrid Undset Justice Copy Share Image
“Human beings could not have done this work on their own. God’s spirit had been at work in holy Øistein and the… — Sigrid Undset Thy will be done Copy Share Image
“Don’t you remember, my sister, when the Devil tried to tempt Saint Martin? Then the Fiend asked Saint Martin whether he dared… — Sigrid Undset Compassion Copy Share Image
“Her father’s marvelous gentleness was not because he lacked a keen enough perception of the faults and wretchedness of others; it came… — Sigrid Undset Father Copy Share Image
In all the years when I did not know what to believe in and therefore preferred to leave all beliefs alone, whenever… — Sigrid Undset Belief Copy Share Image
“Dragons and all other creatures that serve the Devil only seem big as long as we harbor fear within ourselves. But if… — Sigrid Undset Devil Copy Share Image
“Overcome and sobbing, the young woman sank down before the cross at the side of the road, where thousands of pilgrims had… — Sigrid Undset Beautiful world Copy Share Image
“And she felt joy bubbling up in her heart—that the world was so full of sunshine and beauty and gladness. And she… — Sigrid Undset Beauty Copy Share Image
“The other day I came across a book which illustrates in a rather droll way the extent to which Northern European women… — Sigrid Undset Books Copy Share Image
“Jeg trodde jeg var skuffet – og jeg tenkte det var fordi jeg hadde lengtet så meget og drømt så meget, at… — Sigrid Undset Disappointment Copy Share Image
“Then it occurred to me that many of these people had suffered more than Christ himself. “I pondered this until I felt… — Sigrid Undset Courage Copy Share Image
Her heart felt as if it were breaking in her breast, bleeding and bleeding, young and fierce. From grief over the warm… — Sigrid Undset Bleeding Copy Share Image
“A woman has never been able to become a priest—she cannot even be a deacon, nor yet a chorister—but a woman can… — Sigrid Undset Church Copy Share Image
“Do you know who 'twas that first knew our Lord had caused Himself to be born? 'Twas the cock; he saw the… — Sigrid Undset Animals Copy Share Image
And when we give each other Christmas gifts in His name, let us remember that He has given us the sun and… — Sigrid Undset Bears Copy Share Image
The reason why I hated school so intensely [was that] it interfered with my freedom. — Sigrid Undset Education Copy Share Image
“I've done many things that I thought I would never dare to do because they were sins. But I didn't realize then… — Sigrid Undset Catholic Copy Share Image
“Overwhelmed, Erlend felt tears fill his eyes. He hadn’t realized himself how much these years of idleness had tormented him.” — Sigrid Undset Mind Copy Share Image
The times when we need prayers or counsel, we are little like to be in a mood to learn, nor yet to… — Sigrid Undset Advice Copy Share Image
I was sent to a school because my father was already aware that his days were numbered, and he was anxious for… — Sigrid Undset Acquire Copy Share Image
“God grant ... that he may learn to understand in time, that who so is minded to do as he himself wills… — Sigrid Undset Done Copy Share Image
“No doubt the movement which rightly or wrongly we have learnt to call the emancipation of women is in the first place… — Sigrid Undset Change Copy Share Image