Octavio Paz Famous Quotes & Sayings

I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst. — Meg Ryan

At the heart of art is learning to see — Seth Godin

We often say God is never late, but generally He isn't early either. Why? Because He uses times of waiting to stretch our faith in Him and to bring about change and growth in our lives. — Joyce Meyer

And there it is again -- that profound lesson about choices. Once we make them, we're tied to them, and consequences will follow us. But we also need to know that each day we get the chance to choose all over again. And believe me, there's hope in that — Christi Paul

True humility is contentment. — Henri Frederic Amiel

TRAVEL Loving you, flesh to flesh, I often thought Of travelling penniless to some mud throne Where a master might instruct me how to plot My life away from pain, to love alone In the bruiseless embrace of stone and lake. Lost in the fields of your hair I was never lost Enough to lose a way I had to take; Breathless beside your body I could not exhaust The will that forbid me contract, vow, Or promise, and often while you slept I looked in awe beyond your beauty. Now I know why many men have stopped and wept Halfway between the loves they leave and seek, And wondered if travel leads them anywhere - Horizons keep the soft line of your cheek, The windy sky's a locket for your hair. — Leonard Cohen

There was only one four-lettered word having precedence over life itself and it was LOVE. — Faraaz Kazi

Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition. — James Baldwin

Not only have people stopped trying to be attractive when they are out among other people, but they are no longer even trying not to look ugly! — Milan Kundera

Never seek the wind in the field. It is useless to try and find what is gone. — Jeffrey Archer

Language is a living thing — Gilbert Highet

A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote. — Mignon McLaughlin

Moralism is always the cheap substitute for mysticism. — Richard Rohr