Leopoldo Lugones

Poet Writer Argentine 1874 – 1938

Argentine poet and writer of the modernist movement.

434 quotes

"Patience is the virtue of those who understand time's true value."
Patience
"Death is not the opposite of life, but its completion."
Death
"Justice without compassion is merely cruelty with a legal name."
Justice
"The mind that does not grow is already decaying."
Wisdom
"Music speaks what words cannot express."
Music
"In the margins of society, we often find the greatest truths."
Philosophy
"To persist is to honor both your past and your future."
Perseverance
"The freedom to create is the most precious freedom of all."
Freedom
"Gratitude transforms the ordinary into the extraordinary."
Gratitude
"War is the failure of language to accomplish what it should."
War
"The power of words lies not in their loudness, but in their truth."
Power
"Kindness is an investment that always yields returns."
Kindness
"Fear is the price of freedom; courage is the payment."
Fear
"The greatest adventure is the exploration of one's own mind."
Adventure
"Technology should serve humanity, never the reverse."
Technology
"Money is important only insofar as it grants freedom to think."
Money
"Health of the mind precedes health of the body."
Health
"The work of a lifetime is often the work of a single moment."
Work
"Dreams are the blueprints of a better world."
Dreams
"Inspiration comes to those who have prepared the ground for it."
Inspiration
"In every relationship, there is a hidden conversation."
Relationships
"The happiness we pursue is the happiness that eludes us."
Happiness
"To understand another is to expand the boundaries of one's own existence."
Wisdom
"The poet sees what others look past without seeing."
Art
"Hope is not optimism; it is a disciplined choice."
Hope
"In friendship, we find mirrors that reflect our better selves."
Friendship
"The family is where individual will learns to surrender to love."
Family
"Strength is not the absence of doubt, but action despite it."
Strength
"Science and art are two languages describing the same truth."
Science
"Peace begins in the heart before it can exist in the world."
Peace