Ernesto Cardenal quotes

Like a lover who spends all his time thinking of his distant love, God has been thinking of me since before I was born, for all eternity. (Ernesto Cardenal)

What Marxism calls atheism is basically the negation of an idol, which sometimes bears the name of God.

Ernesto Cardenal

All human eyes have longing in them.

Ernesto Cardenal

God may do something silly at any time, because, like any lover, God does not reason. God is drunk with love.

Ernesto Cardenal

We all share in the same cosmic rhythm... For all natural laws are like the rhythm of the strings of the harp.

Ernesto Cardenal

We turn outward, attracted by the beauty we see in created things without realizing that they are only a reflection of the real beauty. And the real beauty is within us.

Ernesto Cardenal

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

Ernesto Cardenal

Ernesto Cardenal

Occupation: Priest
Quotes count: 7

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