Antonio Machado Quotes

Travelers, there is no path, paths are made by walking.

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.

Between living and dreaming there is a third thing. Guess it.

XXIX Traveler, there is no path. The path is made by walking. Traveller, the path is your tracks And nothing more. Traveller, there is no path The path is made by walking. By walking you make a path And turning, you look back At a way you will never tread again Traveller, there is no road Only wakes in the sea.

I thought my fire was out, and stirred the ashes…. I burnt my fingers.

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

Caminante, no hay camino. Se hace camino al andar.(Walker, there is no road. The road is made as you walk.)

I.Don't trace out your profile—forget your side view—all that is outer stuff.II.Look for your other halfwho walks always next to youand tends to be who you aren't.

The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine. "In return for the odor of my jasmine, I'd like all the odor of your roses." "I have no roses; all the flowers in my garden are dead." "Well then, I'll take the withered petals and the yellow leaves and the waters of the fountain." the wind left. And I wept. And I said to myself: "What have you done with the garden that was entrusted to you?

Under all that we think, lives all we believe, like the ultimate veil of our spirits