Maria Isabel Barreno quotes

“It is only alone, truly alone that one bursts apart, springs forth.”
-- Maria Isabel Barreno

Source : Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, Maria Velho da Costa (1975). “The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters”, p.347

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“Let no one tell me that silence gives consent, because whoever is silent dissents.”
-- Maria Isabel Barreno

Source : Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, Maria Velho da Costa (1975). “The Three Marias: New Portuguese Letters”, p.349

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“Loveliest of trees, the cherry now Is hung with bloom along the bough.”

“The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.”

“The main difference between the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution was that the former was mostly the work of Communist party members and others who wanted to bring about socialism with a human face.”

“Hark! the hours are softly calling Bidding Spring arise To listen to the rain-drops falling From the cloudy skies To listen to Earth’s weary voices Louder every day Bidding her no longer linger On her charm’d way But hasten to her task of beauty Scarcely yet begun.”

“Any violence which does not spring from a spiritual base, will be wavering and uncertain. It lacks the stability which can only rest in a fanatical outlook.”

“There is none more lonely than the man who loves only himself.”

“Feeling and longing are the motive forces behind all human endeavor and human creations.”

“Any decent society must generate a feeling of community. Community offsets loneliness. It gives people a vitally necessary sense of belonging. Yet today the institutions on which community depends are crumbling in all the techno-societies. The result is a spreading plague of loneliness.”

“Solitude is such a potential thing. We hear voices in solitude, we never hear in the hurry and turmoil of life; we receive counsels and comforts, we get under no other condition...”

“The secret to overcoming a feeling of loneliness is not going outside to meet people. That will only keep you from being alone. The secret is going inside yourself, to realize your true kinship with God and with all the human beings that he created.”