31 Quotes by Antonio Machado
Antonio Machado is a Spanish poet and writer who is widely regarded as one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century. Machado's poetry often deals with themes of nature, love, and the human condition, and his work is characterized by its simplicity and lyricism. He was a key member of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98, which sought to redefine Spanish culture and identity in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War. Machado's poetry continues to be celebrated for its beauty and depth of feeling. (Bio)
Antonio Machado Quotes
Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking. (Meaning)
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.
Beyond living and dreaming there is something more important: waking up. (Meaning)
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.
I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.
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.
Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits
Avoid pulpits, platforms, stages and pedestals. Keep to the hard ground. It is the only way you can judge your approximate status as a man.
Only a fool thinks price and value are the same.
All uncertainty is fruitfull ... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand
Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.
Beware of the community in which blasphemy does not exist: underneath, atheism runs rampant.
Don't try to rush things: for the cup to run over, it must first be filled.
Mankind owns four things that are no good at sea: rudder, anchor, oars and the fear of going down.
The absence of vices adds so little to the sum of one's virtues.
Those who deny the existence of the truth postulate the truth of their denial and plainly contradict themselves.
No one can shed light on vices he does not have or afflictions he has ever experienced.
Man would be "otherwise." That's the essence of the specifically human.
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
The only living language is the language in which we think and have our being.
There is no way; we make the road by walking it.
All our efforts must tend towards light.
And to walk through life in dreams out of love for the hand that guides us.
Hell is the bloodcurdling mansion of time, in whose profoundest circle Satan himself waits, winding a gargantuan watch in his hand.
In order to write poetry, you must first invent a poet who will write it.
The great philosophers are poets who believe in the reality of their poems.
Wherever learning breeds specialists, the sum of human culture is enhanced thereby. That is the illusion and consolation of specialists.
There are a lot of doubts over the size and effect of new competitors in the cellular sector.
Life is the path you beat while you walk it.
The unpublished manuscript is like an uncon-fessed sin that festers in the soul, corrupting and contaminating it.
There is no road, the road is made by walking.
― Antonio Machado Quotes
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