"Well, yes: people write poems when they..." - Quote by Hans Christian Andersen

“Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

“But shouldn't all of us on earth give the best we have to others and offer whatever is in our power?”

“I covet honour in the same way as a miser covets gold.”

“No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.”

“Pity the man who has a favorite restaurant, but not a favorite author.”

“Terrific minds focus on tips; average minds go over activities; little minds talk about people today.”

“The winds that sometimes take something we love, are the same that bring us something we learn to love. Therefore we should not cry about something that was taken from us, but, yes, love what we have been given. Because what is really ours is never gone forever.”

“Real love is not based on attachment, but on altruism. In this case, your compassion will remain as a humane response to suffering as long as beings continue to suffer.”

“Loving someone liberates the lover as well as the beloved. And that kind of love comes with age.”