Antonio Machado
Antonio Machado
Antonio Machado, in full Antonio Cipriano José María y Francisco de Santa Ana Machado y Ruiz, was a Spanish poet and one of the leading figures of the Spanish literary movement known as the Generation of '98...
NationalitySpanish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth26 July 1875
CitySeville, Spain
CountrySpain
men judging advice
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.
Death is something we shouldn't fear because, while we are, death isn't, and when death is, we aren't.
dream thirds
Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.
success sweet heart
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.
fire ashes fingers
I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.
sea track looks
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.
jesus heaven passing-away
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.
dream sleep eye
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.
wise blow men
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.
crucial days next
These next days are crucial to see who is participating in the auctions. Everyone is waiting.
travel time journey
Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.
fundamentals poet
What the poet is searching for is not the fundamental I but the deep you.
believe thinking veils
Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits
path traveler walks
Traveler, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.