Alberto Caeiro quote: "Accept the universe As the gods gave it to you. If the gods wanted to give you something else They’d have done it. If there are other matters and other worlds There are."

What comes, when it comes, will be what it is.
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I was born subject like others to errors and defects,
But never to the error of wanting to unde...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

And I find a happiness in the fact of accepting —
In the sublimely scientific and difficult f...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

If I knew I was going to die tomorrow,
And Spring came the day after tomorrow,
I would die...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I don’t know how to talk because I’m feeling.
I’m listening to my voice as if it were som...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I don’t always feel what I know I should feel.
My thought crosses the river I swim very slowl...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I’m glad I see with my eyes and not the pages I’ve read.
ALBERTO CAEIRO

She’s a manner of speaking.
Even the flowers don’t come back, or the green leaves.
The...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I'm one of my sensations.
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I’d like to have enough time and quiet
To think about absolutely nothing,
To not ever fe...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

The river of my village doesn’t make you think about anything.
When you’re at its bank you�...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

If I could take a bite of the whole world
And feel it on my palate
I’d be more happy for...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

And since today’s all there is for now, that’s everything.
Who knows if I’ll be dead the ...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I don’t have a philosophy: I have senses...
If I talk about Nature, it’s not because I know...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

Between what i see in a field and what I see in another field
There passes for a moment the fig...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

It’s an already inside outside,
The philosophers say it’s the soul
But it’s not the ...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

Night doesn’t fall for my eyes
But my idea of the night is that it falls for my eyes.
Be...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset.
But what does someone who hates and love...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

Even so, I’m somebody.
I’m the Discoverer of Nature.
I’m the Argonaut of true sensat...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

Things don’t have significance: they only have existence.
Things are the only hidden meaning ...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I saw that there is no Nature,
That Nature doesn’t exist,
That there are hills, valleys,...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I’m in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren’t, either.
Nobody goes faster than the legs they...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

To love is to think.
And I almost forget to feel only from thinking about her.
I don’t k...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I pass and I stay, like the Universe.
ALBERTO CAEIRO

It’s stranger than every strangeness
And the dreams of all the poets
And the thoughts of...
ALBERTO CAEIRO

I was never a keeper of sheep
ALBERTO CAEIRO

Our ideals, laws and customs should be based on the proposition that each generation in turn becomes...
ALBERTO MORAVIA

If justice takes place, there may be hope, even in the face of a seemingly capricious divinity.
ALBERTO MANGUEL

The market is getting ready for re-election to go ahead.
ALBERTO RAMOS

A backdrop of monetary tightening, high commodity prices, robust productivity growth and buoyant act...
ALBERTO RAMOS

Investment spending continues to be very vigorous. There was 26 percent growth in investment in the ...
ALBERTO RAMOS

Tenure of a university president is generally four to five years.
ALBERTO PIMENTEL

We still have a couple more weeks to come up with a slate of candidates. If you are happy with the q...
ALBERTO PIMENTEL

Things are going extremely well. We got a great deal of response from individuals right after the ad...
ALBERTO PIMENTEL

He has a positive reputation. The more I talked to him and the more time I spent with him, he seems ...
ALBERTO PIMENTEL

In life there are no problems, that is, objective and external choices; there is only the life which...
ALBERTO MORAVIA

Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem they w...
ALBERTO MORAVIA

There are many reasons for keeping a diary: to make a note of facts that one considers important; to...
ALBERTO MORAVIA

When I sit at my table to write, I never know what it's going to be until I'm under way. I trust in ...
ALBERTO MORAVIA

We are all here against illegal immigration. What we're for is legal immigration.
ALBERTO MONSERRATE

It would be almost humorous if the consequences weren't so bad. I have talked to so many people who ...
ALBERTO MONSERRATE

I think the anger that I'm seeing right now in the Latino community is like nothing I've seen before...
ALBERTO MONSERRATE

The sleeping giant has awoken. I don't think Minnesota has probably seen a march this big in quite a...
ALBERTO MONSERRATE

We have to see in the next couple of days if the Chinese government will congratulate Cardinal Zen o...
ALBERTO MELLONI

He is the most highly ranked member of the Curia that the U.S. has ever had.
ALBERTO MELLONI

This sends support to Boston, the church that has suffered most in the Catholic communion. The pope ...
ALBERTO MELLONI

This pope wants to get to the essentials. He wants to be listened to. It's clarity he's after, not s...
ALBERTO MELLONI

This can be done in a thousand different ways, but the question is: Will collegiality have a turning...
ALBERTO MELLONI

Those red shoes have made quite an impression.
ALBERTO MELLONI

He has to decide whether to hold a synod different from the past, in which bishops have the possibil...
ALBERTO MELLONI

This is not a friendly match. One side holds up John Paul's banner in support of conservative positi...
ALBERTO MELLONI

Thanks to the council, young people have been taught to see the world not simply as a threat to Chri...
ALBERTO MELLONI

Younger Catholics may not be as intellectually aware of the council, but they are continually experi...
ALBERTO MELLONI

Needless to say we had nothing to do with that. We are wondering who did it.
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

These numbers are not important to us because Republican voters focus on principle, not public polls...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

When you subtract the million dollars Charlie Crist raised from the biggest casino owner on the East...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

I even like Taco Bell. I love the beef burrito supreme. I don't like their tacos, but I'll go there ...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

I think this is important to the community. It is hard for us to go to the landfill through the week...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

That we have the organization to do it. That's what this tour is about: proving there is no front-ru...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

Waiting six hours to get one bag of ice and six bottles of water is not a good thing.
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

We're way ahead of schedule in terms of staff, in terms of events held, and in terms of money raised...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

The overriding theme of these numbers is that these guys are pretty much tied, and will likely stay ...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

To us it's not important where the other guy is. It's important where we are and what our internal g...
ALBERTO MARTINEZ

We are working very closely with the [unions] and providing a positive outlet for anyone who wants t...
ALBERTO LOPEZ

Whatever is in the release is what we're saying officially.
ALBERTO LOPEZ

The casino never closed. We worked in cooperation with Metro and as for the casino, the customer vol...
ALBERTO LOPEZ

We reached out to other casinos on the Strip, but everyone was filled. Our main effort was to make o...
ALBERTO LOPEZ

It's not just a slot machine parlor. It's part of a thriving, overall massive redevelopment opportun...
ALBERTO LOPEZ

Obviously, we're competing against a city's hockey team. We're offering a project that is the redeve...
ALBERTO LOPEZ

There's moderate damage at (Harrah's) New Orleans, but no interior damage. The people of Biloxi, as ...
ALBERTO LOPEZ

We have no firsthand knowledge because of the amount of devastation at the Mississippi properties. W...
ALBERTO LOPEZ

My main point in this regard was to compete for my country and my people and to receive the support ...
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

In Cuba we use our champions to promote the sport.
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

If we carry on filling up the calendar, we keep on pushing the athlete, we shorten the athletes long...
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

I run in practically every single road race in my country, 5k, 10k just to promote the sport.
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track o...
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

I believe the Athletes Commission has an important role at this moment. We need to protect the image...
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

I am always fighting inside the Council to get the message across that at each competition venue, we...
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

Be very strong... be very methodical in your life if you want to be a champion.
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

And then you have the responsibility and the duty of being good examples to youngsters, not smoke, t...
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

The station never corroborated that immigration was there. We had phone calls on the air cautioning ...
ALBERTO GONZALEZ

We just informed the people to be cautious. If they were working, we told them to call home and ask ...
ALBERTO GONZALEZ

I believe Governor Perry has done his part and now it's up to the federal government to do its part,
ALBERTO GONZALEZ

I believe Gov. Perry has done his part, and now it's up to the federal government to do its part,
ALBERTO GONZALEZ

hey, why don't you do it?
ALBERTO GONZALEZ

There was no possibility that anyone could survive the impact. It is very likely that everyone died ...
ALBERTO GONZALEZ

The scourge of methamphetamine demands unconventional thinking and innovative solutions to fight the...
ALBERTO GONZALEZ

That is the very question that we are investigating. What happened?
ALBERTO GONZALEZ

As you might imagine, he's got many friends that he'll see as he travels . . . and they'll suggest t...
ALBERTO GONZALES

This may be the most important thing a president does.
ALBERTO GONZALES

We take each individual, each case, case by case,
ALBERTO GONZALES

we are bringing this prosecution at this time because it is the appropriate thing to do.
ALBERTO GONZALES

There has been significant litigation with respect to Mr. Padilla, and he has had access to counsel,...
ALBERTO GONZALES

I really lack the words to compliment myself today.
ALBERTO TOMBA

We must think of ourselves as a tribe — as an international community that has come together with ...
ALBERTO VILLOLDO

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who are dreamers and those who are being dreamed.
ALBERTO VILLOLDO

If you want to achieve a high goal, you're going to have to take some chances.
ALBERTO SALAZAR

Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident t...
ALBERTO SALAZAR

I'm interested in Dathan Ritzenhein's future in the marathon, and I believe that's where...
ALBERTO SALAZAR

I've never really understood attachment to a place for reasons of birth. That my mother happened...
ALBERTO MANGUEL

I know my time will come soon enough, but I will not dwell on it. What is the purpose? We might as w...
ALBERTO MANGUEL

I don't remember ever feeling lonely; in fact, on the rare occasions when I met other children I fou...
ALBERTO MANGUEL

These corrections are very healthy.
ALBERTO VILAR

We owned 10 percent of Cisco when it first came out. The fluctuation of the stock was 55 percent. Ye...
ALBERTO VILAR

It doesn't mean we'll have a cure for cancer, but it means many new therapies will develop.
ALBERTO VILAR

All of these stocks are inherently capable of going up five to 10 times from here.
ALBERTO VILAR

Giorgio tried to push away from the gates during the race as I suggested to him. But unfortunately h...
ALBERTO TOMBA

It's typical of Italian culture that we only start to feel emotional about something when we have th...
ALBERTO TOMBA

I was introverted, shy. But if you win a lot you need to be extroverted, or they'll think you're arr...
ALBERTO TOMBA

This is another good sign for Turin.
ALBERTO TOMBA

The ideal scenario for Mexico would be a slowdown in the U.S. economy of 1-2 percent combined with e...
ALBERTO SANCHEZ

The Mexican market remains obsessed with the extent of the U.S. economy's slowdown.
ALBERTO SANCHEZ

The Mexican market remains obsessed with the extent of the U.S. economy's slowdown,
ALBERTO SANCHEZ

Our faculty very much express themselves with administration, ... We kind of dance together.
ALBERTO SANCHEZ

He did not sacrifice quality for expediency,
ALBERTO SANCHEZ

They refused to come, and three times they told me they were not doing that service any more.
ALBERTO SANCHEZ

They came over it like, I consider it a German Gestapo, to destroy everything around.
ALBERTO SANCHEZ

This used to be a shipbuilding yard,
ALBERTO SALAZAR

We may train or peek for a certain race, but running is a lifetime sport.
ALBERTO SALAZAR

I'm a traditional marathoner with a shuffling stride... I'm not the prettiest runner in the world, b...
ALBERTO SALAZAR

Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident t...
ALBERTO SALAZAR

I had as many doubts as anyone else. Standing on the starting line, we're all cowards.
ALBERTO SALAZAR

An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Goals ...
ALBERTO SALAZAR

I've run a lot of miles over the years, some fast and some not so fast. I've won some big races and ...
ALBERTO SALAZAR

There are no problems whatsoever.
ALBERTO ROMULO

I am deeply concerned by this report and I have instructed the VFACOM (Visiting Forces Agreement Com...
ALBERTO ROMULO

Philippine authorities are currently investigating this crime and we shall pursue this matter with v...
ALBERTO ROMULO

The perpetrators of this heinous crime shall be brought to justice,
ALBERTO ROMULO

This is a signal to the international community that the Philippines now has a strong and firm leade...
ALBERTO ROMULO

These are the years that the locusts have eaten, ... It will take a minimum of two years for us to g...
ALBERTO ROMULO

China sits in the United Nations and they are the determining influence of our foreign policy,
ALBERTO ROMULO

Whether I'm aware of it (the visit) or not, we have adopted and strictly adhered to the one-China po...
ALBERTO ROMULO

deeply concerned by this report.
ALBERTO ROMULO

It's a crane because they lived right by the water. It all depends on where the gate's going to go a...
ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ

They live on a hill, and you can see both the mountains from there. You just look around, see what t...
ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ

At first, I was afraid to come here. Now, I'm not.
ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ

I can't handle any more pain.
ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ

Luckily we didn't need to do anything more and they were able to contain it.
ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ

The amount accepted was lower than expected.
ALBERTO RAMOS

Despite the recent pickup, total investment spending in the economy is still lower than the level of...
ALBERTO RAMOS

The government continues to save a substantial part of the copper price windfall and the extraordina...
ALBERTO RAMOS

The numbers show that the government is opening the faucets when it should save money or spend more ...
ALBERTO RAMOS

The two experiences are completely opposed. One is textbook on what to do with a commodities windfal...
ALBERTO RAMOS

I would encourage you all to focus on what is positive in terms of what is going on positively in th...
ALBERTO GONZALES

Obviously we would have preferred the escape not to have occurred,
ALBERTO GONZALES

Don't Get Caught, Ya Big Dummies!
ALBERTO GONZALES

I want to be clear. No company is too big to be prosecuted, ... We have zero tolerance for corporate...
ALBERTO GONZALES

If only someone else could paint what I see, it would be marvellous, because then I wouldn't have to...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

If I see everything in gray, and in gray all the colors which I experience and which I would like to...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

I've tried doing so, for it was never my intention to paint only with gray. But in the course of my ...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

I paint and sculpt to get a grip on reality... to protect myself.
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

I don't know if I work in order to do something, or in order to know why I can't do what I want to d...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

At first, one sees the person who is modelling; but little by little, all of the possible sculptures...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

Artistically I am still a child with a whole life ahead of me to discover and create. I want somethi...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

All the sculptures of today, like those of the past, will end one day in pieces... So it is importan...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

All I can do will only ever be a faint image of what I see and my success will always be less than m...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

I've been fifty thousand times to the Louvre. I have copied everything in drawing, trying to underst...
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI

I want to go back (to Peru)someday, but I don't know when,
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

without dialogue, there will never be a solution.
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

We have declared a total freeze on military movement,
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

And $18 million in three Japanese banks, completely false. That I have two factories in Panama, also...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

The denunciations about $18 million (being moved) to a bank account in Singapore during my trip are ...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

In Latin America we are now fully aware that integration is an integral tool, ... should not lead to...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

I have strongly rejected the proposal to pardon and transfer her to the United States, ... I do not ...
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

strengthening of democratic institutions ... and the creation of jobs and prosperity.
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

You can't talk about peace nor agreement while terror is used as the main argument,
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

The liberation of those who commit murder and terrorism is unacceptable,
ALBERTO FUJIMORI

Second place, three champions, I think that's a heck of an accomplishment. We're heading in the righ...
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ

Our desire is to generate the greatest debate possible with regard to this situation, so that all th...
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ

For now, this is the only option we have in sight.
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ

Uruguay must understand that for Argentina this is a serious issue because of the risk of contaminat...
ALBERTO FERNANDEZ

They're making progress at Abbey and Latin America was strong, helped by a currency impact. The reac...
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN

Stocks have had a fantastic rally and this market is screaming for a correction. The excuse may come...
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN

Finally a large phone company posts earnings that don't disappoint. These are very solid numbers.
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN

European stocks have had a very good run and there is no reason why the trend should stop. We may se...
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN

The price being offered is more than reasonable.
ALBERTO ESPELOSIN

We do know it is measured in the 100 of millions of dollars as the end price tag for the end total f...
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI

Also, the cost of natural gas eased and continues to ease.
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI

We're making good progress. Most of the work will be done by Tuesday, but we will be working on Wedn...
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI

We had more than adequate staff to respond to the storm. We're doing a lot of work that is not visib...
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI

This is the most damaging storm in terms of the number of customers without service in more than fiv...
ALBERTO BIANCHETTI

Now that the first preemptive move has taken place, we think that seeing another one is a latent pos...
ALBERTO BERNAL

We doubt that the decision will have any material impact on the pace of economic growth, among other...
ALBERTO BERNAL

Controlled inflation will allow the bank to hold the rate at its current level. In my view, potentia...
ALBERTO BERNAL

The market is weak today because of continued adjustment of the 10-year U.S. treasury and the streng...
ALBERTO BERNAL

Companies are signing these accords because it's a lost battle against the government. We still reme...
ALBERTO BERNAL

The deterioration in the perception of the central bank's independence will hinder local markets fro...
ALBERTO BERNAL

The objective of this is more political than economic. It's to get rid of the IMF obligations.
ALBERTO BERNAL

Kirchner and his group want to do their own thing and they're clearing the road for that.
ALBERTO BERNAL

Mr Lavagna was one of the few members of the Cabinet that seemed to have some understanding of the c...
ALBERTO BERNAL

The market has been adapting in the last few days to the monetary policy adjustment in Europe and to...
ALBERTO BERNAL

At this stage a correction would be healthy, ... One should take advantage of (a correction) by addi...
ALBERTO VILAR

That's the way we built our record, by letting our winners run, ... We've never had a big stock fall...
ALBERTO VILAR

That's a one-time event that's behind us, ... The worst thing in the world isn't sending a check to ...
ALBERTO VILAR

We have been a marquis name in technology for 20 years, ... We are where the action is. I hundred-tr...
ALBERTO VILAR

This is a major group and this group is going to change the way people communicate.
ALBERTO VILAR

I was fighting for my financial survival,
ALBERTO VILAR

I got involved in athletics during physical education lessons at school.
ALBERTO JUANTORENA

An athlete who tells you the training is always easy and always fun simply hasn't been there. Go...
ALBERTO SALAZAR

Accept the universe
As the gods gave it to you.
If the gods wanted to give you something else
They’d have done it.

If there are other matters and other worlds
There are.

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Alberto Caeiro

Accept the universe
As the gods gave it to you.
If the gods wanted to give you something else
They’d have done it.

If there are other matters and other worlds
There are.

Alberto Caeiro

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Accept the universeAs the gods gave it to you.If the gods wanted to give you something elseThey’d have done it.If there are other matters and other worldsThere are.

Alberto Caeiro

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Accept the universe
As the gods gave it to you.
If the gods wanted to give you something else
They’d have done it.

If there are other matters and other worlds
There are.