More Quotes by Hans Christian Andersen
Each time I think that the song is ended ... something higher and better begins for me.
Happy domestic life is like a beautiful summer's evening; the heart is filled with peace; and everything around derives a peculiar glory.
Being born in a duck yard does not matter, if only you are hatched from a swan's egg.
To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.
Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.
Life is like a beautiful melody, only the lyrics are messed up.
Human beings, on the contrary, have a soul which lives forever, lives after the body has been turned to dust. It rises up through the clear, pure air beyond the glittering stars.
Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence
We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.
"Does all the beauty of the world stop when you die?" "No," said the Old Oak; "it will last much longer - longer than I can even think of." "Well, then," said the little May-fly, "we have the same time to live; only we reckon differently.
