Antonio Machado

"The heart that sings has much in common with the silent heart."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"Work is not a curse, it is a blessing."

"The dreamer is the one who creates the future."

"Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see."

"Fear is the worst of advisors."

"What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure."

"The mediator between the head and the hands must be the heart."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Change is inevitable, except from vending machines."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places."

"Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants."

"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new."

"A man who cannot change is a man who cannot think."

"The greatest adventures are those of the mind."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"History is a gallery of pictures in which there are few originals and many copies."

"Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without."

"The only true failure is the failure to try."

"In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity."

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell it to."

"The capacity to be happy is determined by being grateful."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important than fear."

"The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

"Justice is the means by which established injustices are sanctioned."

"Faith is not belief. Belief is passive. Faith is active."

"The pursuit of power is the pursuit of emptiness."

"In war, truth is the first casualty."

"Technology is best when it brings people together."