Antonio Machado

"The poetry of life is written in the ordinary moments we overlook."

"In gratitude, we acknowledge the sacred gift of existence."

"The stronger you become, the gentler you should be."

"To dream without action is fantasy; to act without dream is futility."

"The wealth of a nation is measured by the wisdom of its people."

"In nature, we find the university of eternal lessons."

"The burden of power is the obligation to serve with humility."

"To question is to be alive; to cease questioning is to begin to die."

"The harmony of life is found in the balance of opposites."

"In each failure lies the instruction for future success."

"The true measure of happiness is not what we have, but what we need."

"To forgive oneself is the first step toward freedom."

"The greatest love is shown through small, consistent acts of care."

"Everything passes and everything remains, but our thoughts are the only things that seem to stay with us forever"

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved"

"Seek your truth in the silence of your own heart"

"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and among those fibers, as sympathetic threads, we feel every throb of their lives"

"The madness of the crowd does not make sense, but the silence of the wise is also madness"

"Time is a river of passing events, and strong is its current"

"In every man sleeps a prophet, and when he wakes there is a chance he might believe in dreams too much"

"The eye which follows harmony is a more perfect instrument than the tongue which speaks it"

"Freedom is not something that anybody can be given; freedom is something that people take"

"Knowledge comes from experience alone"

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast"

"To die with dignity is the final act of honor available to those who have lost all else"

"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished"

"A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams"

"The garden of patience flowers with the rarest blooms"

"What we plant in our minds, we harvest in our lives"

"The pen is mightier than the sword, but only if the hand that wields it is wise"