65 Quotes by Gabriela Mistral

Let the earth look at me, and bless me, for now I am fecund and sacred, like the palms and the furrows.

Writing tends to cheer me; it always soothes my spirit and blesses me with the gift of an innocent, tender, childlike day. It is the sensation of having spent a few hours in my homeland, with my customs, free whims, my total freedom.

Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world.

We are guilty of many errors and many faults, but our worst crime is abandoning the children, neglecting the fountain of life. Many of the things we need can wait. The child cannot. Right now is the time his bones are being formed, his blood is being made, and his senses are being developed. To him we cannot answer ‘Tomorrow,’ his name is today.

Love beauty it is the shadow of God on the universe

You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul.

Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say "tomorrow." Their name is today.

Many things can wait. Children cannot. Today their bones are being formed, their blood is being made, their senses are being developed. To them we cannot say “tomorrow.” Their name is today.

Love beauty it is the shadow of God on the universe.