August Strindberg

Playwright Novelist Swedish 1849 – 1912

Swedish playwright and novelist, pioneer of modern drama.

378 quotes

"Knowledge without wisdom is like fire without control—dangerous and destructive."
Wisdom
"Solitude is not loneliness; it is the garden where the soul grows."
Solitude
"The measure of a person is not their success, but their integrity under pressure."
"We live multiple lives within one lifetime, dying and being reborn repeatedly."
Philosophy
"The greatest service we can do is to help others become who they are meant to be."
Kindness
"Beauty emerges from chaos only when we have the patience to wait."
Beauty
"Every relationship contains the seeds of both growth and suffering."
Relationships
"The path to self-discovery is paved with our own failures and redemptions."
"To be alive is to be at war with ourselves and our circumstances."
Life
"The greatest gift we can give another is our honest presence."
Love
"History is the study of how humans repeat their mistakes with greater sophistication."
History
"Faith is not belief in something irrational; it is trust in something unseen."
Faith
"The soul demands experiences; the mind demands explanations."
Philosophy
"In the end, we are all alone, and this aloneness is the root of human dignity."
Solitude
"Power corrupts not because it is evil, but because it reveals what we truly are."
Power
"The adventure of living is in the willingness to be transformed by experience."
Adventure
"Every moment is a choice between stagnation and growth."
Change
"The deepest love is that which accepts the other without demanding they change."
Love