It is good knowing that glasses are to drink from; Antonio Machado More Quotes by Antonio Machado More Quotes From Antonio Machado All uncertainty is fruitfull ... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand Antonio Machado decisionwishlong All our efforts must tend towards light. Antonio Machado effortlight The truly erotic sensibility, in evoking the image of woman, never omits to clothe it. The robing and disrobing: that is the true traffic of love. Antonio Machado sensibilitytrafficerotic Caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. (Walk, there is no path, the path is made by walking.) Antonio Machado hayalspath Beware of the community in which blasphemy does not exist: underneath, atheism runs rampant. Antonio Machado atheismcommunityrunning Has my heart gone to sleep? Have the beehives of my dreams stopped working, the waterwheel of the mind run dry, scoops turning empty, only shadow inside? No, my heart is not asleep. It is awake, wide awake. Not asleep, not dreaming— its eyes are opened wide watching distant signals, listening on the rim of vast silence Antonio Machado dreamheartrunning The absence of vices adds so little to the sum of one's virtues. Antonio Machado viceslittlesadd 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 Antonio Machado learningteachingpath I. Don't trace out your profile-- forget your side view-- all that is outer stuff. II. Look for your other half who walks always next to you and tends to be who you aren't. Antonio Machado your-sideviewslooks No one can shed light on vices he does not have or afflictions he has ever experienced. Antonio Machado understandinglightvices Don't try to rush things: for the cup to run over, it must first be filled. Antonio Machado runningpatiencetrying Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves. Antonio Machado denialphilosophicaldeny Man would be "otherwise." That's the essence of the specifically human. Antonio Machado being-singlebeing-yourselfmen Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path. . . Antonio Machado pathmadeinspirational In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it. Antonio Machado writingorderfirsts The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it. Antonio Machado sinsoulwriting Wanderer, your footsteps are the road, and nothing more; wanderer, there is no road, the road is made by walking. By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind one sees the path that never will be trod again. Wanderer, there is no road-- Only wakes upon the sea. Caminante, son tus huellas el camino, y nada más; caminante, no hay camino, se hace camino al andar. Al andar se hace camino, y al volver la vista atrás se ve la senda que nunca se ha de volver a pisar. Caminante, no hay camino, sino estelas en la mar. Antonio Machado hayseason Wayfarer, the only way is your footsteps, there is no other. Wayfarer, there is no way, you make the way as you go. As you go, you make the way and stopping to look behind, you see the path that your feet will never travel again. Wayfarer, there is no way- Only foam trails to the sea. Antonio Machado foamseafeet My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I’m not a sad man, and I don’t believe I sadden anyone else. In other words, the fact that I don’t put my philosophy into practice saves me from its evil spell, or, rather, my faith in the human race is stronger then my intellectual analysis of it; there lies the fountain of youth in which my heart is continually bathing. Antonio Machado philosophybelievelying There is no way; we make the road by walking it. Antonio Machado wisdomwalkingway
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