92 Quotes by Antonio Machado

I dreamt – marvellous error! – that I had a beehive here inside my heart. And the golden bees were making white combs and sweet honey from my old failures.

By walking one makes the road, and upon glancing behind sees the path.

My philosophy is fundamentally sad, but I’m not a sad man, and I don’t believe I sadden anyone else.

Death is something we shouldn’t fear because, while we are, death isn’t, and when death is, we aren’t.

Last night as I was sleeping, I dreamt – marvellous error! – That it was God I had here inside my heart.

The absence of vices adds so little to the sum of one’s virtues.

Man’s passion for truth is such that he will welcome the bitterest of all postulates so long as it strikes him as true.

I. Don’t trace out your profile – forget your side view – all that is outer stuff. II. Look for your other half who walks always next to you and tends to be who you aren’t.

Todo necio confunde valor y precio.