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
heart sleep night
Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt - marvellous error! - That it was God I had here inside my heart.
path life-is beats
Life is the path you beat while you walk it.
spiritual path behinds
By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path
made walking
There is no road, the road is made by walking.
hands circles waiting
Hell is the bloodcurdling mansion of time, in whose profoundest circle Satan himself waits, winding a gargantuan watch in his hand.
thinking language
The only living language is the language in which we think and have our being.
flower garden wind
The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine. "In return for the odor of my jasmine, I'd like all the odor of your roses." "I have no roses; all the flowers in my garden are dead." "Well then, I'll take the withered petals and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain." the wind left. And I wept. And I said to myself: "What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?
light understanding doe
No one can shed light on vices he does not have or afflictions he has ever experienced.
marriage dream hands
Walk through life in dreams out of love of the hand that leads us.
littles vices add
The absence of vices adds so little to the sum of one's virtues.
running community atheism
Beware of the community in which blasphemy does not exist: underneath, atheism runs rampant.
thinking fool values
Only a fool thinks price and value are the same.
long decision wish
All uncertainty is fruitfull ... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand
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.