“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“I'm one of my sensations.”
— Alberto Caeiro“There’s enough metaphysics in not thinking about anything.”
— Alberto Caeiro“I don’t always feel what I know I should feel.My thought crosses the river I swim very slowlyBecause the suit men made it wear weighs it down.”
— Alberto Caeiro“Also at times, on the surface of streams,Water?bubbles formAnd grow and burstAnd have no meaning at allExcept that they’re water?bubblesGrowing and bursting.”
— Alberto Caeiro“All beings exist and nothing elseAnd that’s why they’re called beings”
— Alberto Caeiro“The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset.But what does someone who hates and loves want with a sunset?”
— Alberto Caeiro“Pensar incomoda como andar à chuvaQuando o vento cresce e parece que chove mais.”
— Alberto Caeiro