“I’m in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren’t, either.
Nobody goes faster than the legs they have.
If where I want to go is far away, I’m not there in an instant.
(6/20/1919)”
― The Collected Poems of Alberto Caeiro
Nobody goes faster than the legs they have.
If where I want to go is far away, I’m not there in an instant.
(6/20/1919)”
― The Collected Poems of Alberto Caeiro
“Soon enough it will be me struggling (valiantly?) to walk - lugging my stuff around. How are we all so brave as to take step after step? Day after day? How are we so optimistic, so careful not to trip and yet do trip, and then get up and say O.K. Why do I feel so sorry for everyone and so proud?”
― The Principles of Uncertainty
― The Principles of Uncertainty
“Stars open among the lilies.
Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens?
This is the silence of astounded souls.
--from "Crossing the Water", written 1962”
― The Collected Poems
Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens?
This is the silence of astounded souls.
--from "Crossing the Water", written 1962”
― The Collected Poems
“if something does go wrong, here is my advice... KEEP CALM and CARRY ON.”
― The Principles of Uncertainty
― The Principles of Uncertainty
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