"When a man has a flower in his…" — HalldÃ³r Laxness

"When a man has a flower in his life he builds a house."

— HalldÃ³r Laxness

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21 Quotes by HalldÃ³r Laxness

HalldÃ³r Laxness has 21 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Whoever doesn't live in poetry cannot survive here on earth.
A wise man once said that next to losing its mother, there is nothing more healthy for a child than…
My motto is strong packaging, clear addressing.
A free man can live on fish.Independence is better than meat
Where the glacier meets the sky, the land ceases to be earthly, and the earth becomes one with the heavens;…
It's a pity we don't whistle at one another, like birds. Words are misleading.
It's an old saying that one still has to know something, despite everything.
Of all the creatures that man kills for his amusement there is only one that he kills out of hatred—other…
Don't forget that few people are likely to tell more than a small part of the truth: no one tells…
Bjartur declared that he had never denied that there was much that was strange in nature. "I consider that there's…
The tyranny of mankind; it was like the obstinate drip of water falling on a stone and hollowing it little…
He continued on, on to the glacier, towards the dawn, from ridge to ridge, in deep, new-fallen snow, paying no…

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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but… — Francis Bacon
He who builds a masjid in the way of Allah, God will build a house for him in the paradise. — Abu Bakr
In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and… — Annie Besant
I've got stress like anybody else, and it builds up during the day. Like, I'll be trying to do something… — Lewis Black
I believe in feeling connected. Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. But there is a… — Gisele Bundchen
Love is something that grows, that comes from nourishment; it builds. — Gisele Bundchen
The biblical method of change begins in the heart of man with the Gospel. It transforms the mind of man… — Kirk Cameron
I think the whole tension about romanticism is the way it builds and builds, and the moment it's consummated, the… — Jane Campion
Nothing builds self-esteem and self-confidence like accomplishment. — Thomas Carlyle
The left is back, and it's the only path we have to get out of the spot to which the… — Hugo Chavez
Everything I do as a mother builds on a foundation of love and compassion. — Amy Chua
The self-confidence one builds from achieving difficult things and accomplishing goals is the most beautiful thing of all. — Madonna Ciccone

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