Antonio Machado

"The bell that rings in the soul of the poet sounds also in the hearts of all."

"To sleep well, one must first live well."

"Fear is the prison in which the spirit locks itself."

"What is the shadow of a great man but the evidence of his light?"

"Memory is not thought; it is the foundation upon which thought is built."

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple."

"One lives in the hope that each day will bring something new and beautiful."

"Music is the mathematics of the gods."

"The silence between two heartbeats contains all mysteries."

"In work, there is dignity; in idleness, decay."

"The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of."

"To seek justice is to seek the face of God."

"The soul grows by what it takes in; the mind grows by what it gives out."

"Beware the leader who bangs the drum of war in order to make us forget about justice at home."

"What is civilization but the triumph of hope over experience?"

"The best teachers are those who show you where to look but don't tell you what to see."

"In every heart, there is a room; in every room, there is a door; and that door opens to truth."

"The river of time flows swiftly, but the banks remain."

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

"Power is not demonstrated by force alone, but by the will to serve."

"The greatest treasures are invisible and intangible."

"To live fully is to live in constant wonder."

"The poet's task is to reveal what lies beneath the surface of things."

"Success is not the opposite of failure; both are steps on the same path."

"The heart knows what the mind cannot yet comprehend."

"In the garden of solitude, the soul finds its truest voice."

"To be human is to search eternally for meaning in the vast unknown."

"Friendship is the only rose that grows in all seasons."

"The family is the first school of the heart."

"Beauty exists not in things, but in the eye and soul of the beholder."