Luis Cernuda

"I have realized that my true obsession is not with love, but with freedom."

"Poetry is not a matter of feelings, but of language."

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

"One cannot live without solitude."

"To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve."

"Beauty is the promise of happiness."

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

"Life is what happens while you are making other plans."

"Love is the most beautiful of sentiments, yet the most destructive."

"Time is the fire in which we burn."

"Truth needs no ornament."

"The human heart has hidden treasures."

"Art is the response to the demand for entertainment, for the stimulation of our senses and imagination."

"We are all prisoners of our own minds."

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul."

"Change is the only constant in life."

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

"Knowledge is power, but enthusiasm pulls the switch."

"Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which strengthens with the setting sun of life."

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal."

"Nature is the art of God."

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

"Peace begins when expectation ends."

"Music is the language of the soul."

"To live is to choose; but to choose well, one must know oneself."

"Happiness is not something to be pursued; it must ensue."

"The unexamined life is not worth living."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world."