“Hope says: one dayyou will see her, if you will only wait.Despair says:all you have left of her is your bitterness.Beat, heart…The earthhas not swallowed everything.”
Antonio Machado“A Spanish poet, Antonio Machado, once said: ‘Dijiste media verdad. Dirán que mientes dos veces si dices la otra mitad.’”“Translated means…”“You told a half-truth. They’ll say you lie twice when you tell the other half.”
Olga Núñez Miret, Teamwork“Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human.”
Antonio Machado“All uncertainly is fruitful... so long as it is accompanied by the wish to understand.”
Antonio Machado“Man would be "otherwise." That's the essence of the specifically human.”
Antonio Machado“Don't try to rush things: for the cup to run over, it must first be filled.”
Antonio Machado“I.Don't trace out your profile--forget your side view--all that is outer stuff.II.Look for your other halfwho walks always next to youand tends to be who you aren't.”
Antonio Machado“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.”
Antonio Machado“Hope says: one dayyou will see her, if you will only wait.Despair says:all you have left of her is your bitterness.Beat, heart…The earthhas not swallowed everything.”
Antonio Machado, Campos de Castilla