Quotes by Schreiner, Olive

We all enter the world little plastic beings, with so much natural for >>

A little weeping, a little wheedling, a little self-degradation, a lit >>

Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; per >>

Quotations about Power

Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of >>

A good indignation brings out all one's powers. >>

Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far. >>

Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them. You may dam up the fountain of water, and make it a stagnant marsh, or you may let it run free and do its work; but you cannot say whether it shall be there; it is there. And it will act, if not openly for good, then covertly for evil; but it will act.

Schreiner, Olive