Antonio Machado Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“The deepest words of the wise man teach us the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows or the sound of the water when it is flowing.”
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“Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.”
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“My soul is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. It neither sleeps nor dreams, but watches, its eyes wide open far-off things, and listens at the shores of the great silence.”
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“Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits”
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“Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.”
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“XXIX Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking. Traveller, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveller, there is no path The path is made by walking. By walking you make a path And turning, you look back At a way you will never tread again Traveller, there is no road Only wakes in the sea.”
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“I dreamt -- marvellous error! -- that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.”
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“What the poet is searching for is not the fundamental I but the deep you.”
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“Traveler, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.”
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“Man would be "otherwise." That's the essence of the specifically human.”
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“Don't try to rush things: for the cup to run over, it must first be filled.”
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“Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt - marvellous error! - That it was God I had here inside my heart.”
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“The afternoon is bright, with spring in the air, a mild March afternoon, with the breath of April stirring, I am alone in the quiet patio looking for some old untried illusion - some shadow on the whiteness of the wall some memory asleep on the stone rim of the fountain, perhaps in the air the light swish of some trailing gown.”
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“By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path”
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“Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves.”
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“Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.”
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“Death is something we shouldn't fear because, while we are, death isn't, and when death is, we aren't.”
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“I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.”
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“There are a lot of doubts over the size and effect of new competitors in the cellular sector.”
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“Pathmaker, there is no path; You make the path by walking, By walking you make the Path”
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“In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it.”
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“I love Jesus, who said to us: Heaven and earth will pass away. When heaven and earth have passed away, my word will remain. What was your word, Jesus? Love? Forgiveness? Affection? All your words were one word: Wakeup.”
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“There is no one so bound to his own face that he does not cherish the hope of presenting another to the world.”
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“The great philosophers are poets who believe in the reality of their poems.”
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“Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. (Walk, there is no path, the path is made by walking.)”
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“Wherever learning breeds specialists, the sum of human culture is enhanced thereby. That is the illusion and consolation of specialists.”
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“The absence of vices adds so little to the sum of one's virtues.”
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“Man's passion for truth is such that he will welcome the bitterest of all postulates so long as it strikes him as true.”
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“No one can shed light on vices he does not have or afflictions he has ever experienced.”
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“Life is the path you beat while you walk it It's the walking that beats the path It is not the path that makes the walk”
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