Antonio Machado Quotes

Antonio Machado's page offers quiet, reflective thoughts on value and purpose, great for readers seeking simple yet deep wisdom.

16 quotes

1. Only a fool thinks price and value are the same.

2. 'How much would I pay to be as pure gold?' said a fresh cucumber, as every ignorant mix up value with price.

3. there are four things that man own that are no use at sea, a compass, a rudder, a sail and the fear of going down.

4. Caminante, no hay camino / Se hace camino al andar. = Walker, there is no path. The path is made by walking.

5. 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.

6. Death is something we shouldn't fear because, while we are, death isn't, and when death is, we aren't.

7. Don't try to rush things: for the cup to run over, it must first be filled.

8. The afternoon is bright, with spring in the air, a mild March afternoon, with the breath of April stirring, I am alone in the quiet patio looking for some old untried illusion - some shadow on the whiteness of the wall some memory asleep on the stone rim of the fountain, perhaps in the air the light swish of some trailing gown.

9. 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.

10. Traveler, there is no path, the path must be forged as you walk.

11. 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.

12. There are a lot of doubts over the size and effect of new competitors in the cellular sector.

13. Life is the path you beat while you walk it.

14. I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.

15. 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. . .

16. And to walk through life in dreams out of love for the hand that guides us.