Knut Hamsun Quotes

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

I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was living peaceably when people began to speak bad of me. Now I can eat well, sleep well and be glad. I can go everywhere with a good feeling.

When you're young you have no worries, no drama, only your imagination. It's the best!

The simplest of simplest things makes me happy. I love small gestures and nature in life.

When you're really laughing, you feel like a little kid, and nothing matters.

Oh! To be a butterfly Still, upon a flower, Winking with its painted wings, Happy in the hour.

All happiness is a form of innocence.

He was in love with life as an ant on a summer blade of grass.

Dogs don't got the problems of people. Dogs can be happy any old time.

Come clean with a child heart Laugh as peaches in the summer wind Let rain on a house roof be a song Let the writing on your face be a smell of apple orchards on late June.

Life was just a tire swing. 'Jambalaya' was the only song I could sing. Blackberry pickin', eatin' fried chicken, And I never knew a thing about pain. Life was just a tire swing.

With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made; Nine bean rows will I have there, a hive for the honey bee, And live alone in the bee-loud glade. And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight's all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet's wings.

I am like a wounded animal in a remote isolated place - How wonderful! - How happy!

These are the things I prize And hold of dearest worth: Light of the sapphire skies, Peace of the silent hills, Shelter of the forests, comfort of the grass, Music of birds, murmur of little rills, Shadows of cloud that swiftly pass, And, after showers, The smell of flowers And of the good brown earth,- And best of all, along the way, friendship and mirth.

I always say that the times in my life when I've been happiest are the times when I've seen, like, a sunset.

I envy my daughter's childhood.

I've been able to carve out spaces for myself. At Sundance, I'm in the mountains - my property is private. I get on a horse and ride for three, four hours. Sometimes five. I get lost. But when I'm in, I'm in.

It is so small a thing to have enjoyed the sun, to have lived light in the spring, to have loved, to have thought, to have done.

I'm very happy alone.

I needed to be in the bush. There I find solitude and beauty and purity and focus. That's where my heart lies.

On all the peaks lies peace.

I'm the most carefree, happy person you'll meet.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?