Quotes by Isak Dinesen

Explore a curated collection of 14 quotes by Isak Dinesen. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

The true aristocracy and the true proletariat of the world are both in understanding with tragedy. To them it is the fun — Isak Dinesen
The cure for anything is salt water. Sweat, tears, or the ocean. — Isak Dinesen
After a little while you became aware of how still it was out here. Now, looking back on my life in Africa, I feel like — Isak Dinesen
I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is — Isak Dinesen
Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back in a second flowering at the age of 70 to 90 — Isak Dinesen
I don't think that ... one gets a flash of happiness once and never again it is there within you and it will come as — Isak Dinesen
I don't think that... one gets a flash of happiness once and never again it is there within you and it will come as c — Isak Dinesen
In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing like a hidden physical defect. — Isak Dinesen
Of all the idiots I have met in my life and the Lord knows that they have not been few or little I think that I have b — Isak Dinesen
God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road. — Isak Dinesen
When you have a great and difficult task something perhaps almost impossible if you only work a little at a time ever — Isak Dinesen
I think these difficult times have helped me to understand better than before how infinitely rich and beautiful life is — Isak Dinesen
Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only lat — Isak Dinesen
I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the whole world open to them. — Isak Dinesen