Eino Leino

“So black is the earth, so white is the snow, oh, darling, oh, darling, give me your hand.”

“It is better to burn out than to fade away.”

“He who has happiness, should hide it.”

“I do not rejoice, I do not mourn, I do not sigh; but bring me the darkness of the forest.”

“The family of song is wide, and so are its friends.”

“Oh, child of man, you could rise, if you understood how great you are.”

“Who knows his strength, knows his life.”

“The song of the corn crake in my ears, the full moon over the heads of the grain.”

“Everyone is born free and alone.”

“My songs are not my own. They are the winds of the moor, the rustle of the pine forest, the blue of the thousand lakes.”

“No man is evil, but one is weaker than another.”