Alberto Caeiro

If I knew I was going to die tomorrow,

— Alberto Caeiro

And since today’s all there is for now, that’s everything.

— Alberto Caeiro

To love is to think.

— Alberto Caeiro

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

— Alberto Caeiro

If science wants to be truthful,

— Alberto Caeiro

Pensar incomoda como andar à chuva

— Alberto Caeiro

It’s stranger than every strangeness

— Alberto Caeiro

The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset.

— Alberto Caeiro

Live, you say, in the present;

— Alberto Caeiro

I think about this, not like someone thinking, but like someone breathing,

— Alberto Caeiro

She’s a manner of speaking.

— Alberto Caeiro

I’m in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren’t, either.

— Alberto Caeiro

Accept the universe

— Alberto Caeiro

I pass and I stay, like the Universe.

— Alberto Caeiro

I don’t always feel what I know I should feel.

— Alberto Caeiro

I'm one of my sensations.

— Alberto Caeiro

A stagecoach passed by on the road and went on;

— Alberto Caeiro

He should be happy because he can think about the unhappiness of others!

— Alberto Caeiro

Also at times, on the surface of streams,

— Alberto Caeiro

There are no roses in my yard: what wind brought you?

— Alberto Caeiro

I saw that there is no Nature,

— Alberto Caeiro

He should be happy because he can think about the unhappiness of others!

— Alberto Caeiro

If I knew I was going to die tomorrow,

— Alberto Caeiro

If I could take a bite of the whole world

— Alberto Caeiro

Live, you say, in the present;

— Alberto Caeiro

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

— Alberto Caeiro