Caroline Lasson
/Overview
Caroline "Bokken" Lasson born Oslo, Norway January 7, 1871 (d. 1970). Norwegian singer and actress; follower of Gandhian nonviolence; wrote book on her 1931 visit to Gandhi; founded Norwegian Friends of India Society, 1932.
Quotations
"The sum total of the activities of the European nations is a denial of the teachings of the Sermon on the Mount will not, I think, be gainsaid. I. . . emphasize the necessary caution against our being lifted off our feet by the dazzle and glitter of European arms. If the foregoing picture were the whole of Europe it would be sad for Europe as for the world. Fortunately there is a considerable body of men and women of Europe who are devoting the whole of their energy to combat the war-fever and the breathless pursuit after material wealth and enjoyment." (1924, http://bit.ly/wAXvK7; 1894 photo http://bit.ly/wAXvK7)