Adam Mickiewicz Quotes

Then shoulder to shoulder! Let us engirdle the little circle of the earth with the chains that bind us to each other. To one end let us aim our thoughts, and to one end let us aim our souls. Hail, dawn of liberty, behind thee is the redeeming sun.

You [Chopin] have in your fingers an orchestra of butterflies.

So listen to them, heed them. Who never touch the Earth, can never be in Heaven

Whoever comes to me, will be free and equal, because I am FREEDOM.

The nectar of life is sweet only when shared with others.

I am the master! I stretch forth my hands, even to the skies! I lay my hands upon the stars, as on the crystal wheels of the harmonica. Now fast, now slow, as my soul wills, I turn the stars. I weave them into rainbows, harmonies. I feel immortality! I create immortality!

Today Gustaw has died, today Konrad was born

Now my soul is incarnate in my country,
My body has swallowed her soul,
And I and my country are one.
My name is million, for I love and suffer for millions.

I and motherland are one. My name is Million, because for millions do I love and suffer agonies.