Freedom Quotes by Ernesto Cardenal

According to some liberation theologians atheism is not the cause of the conflict between Christianity and Marxism, but is rather the link between them.

— Ernesto Cardenal

“... You can't be with God and be neutral. / True contemplation is resistance. And poetry, / gazing at clouds is resistance I found out in jail. ”

— 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.…

— Ernesto Cardenal

Some liberation theologians maintain that they are not influenced by Marxist philosophy at all. In this case it is necessary to discern whether they…

— Ernesto Cardenal

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

— Ernesto Cardenal

My poetry is not lyric. The epigrams are lyric because they come from my youthful period of lyricism, but my other poetry is not…

— Ernesto Cardenal

All human eyes have longing in them.

— Ernesto Cardenal

I am not interested in poetry for poetry's sake.

— Ernesto Cardenal

There is however difference between the theology of liberation and traditional theology, the latter being based primarily On the Word of God made incarnate…

— Ernesto Cardenal

“... It seems to me / the the great bards of the 20th century are in Publicity / those Keatses and Shelleys singing the…

— Ernesto Cardenal

I think that the proclamation of the Gospel is sometimes nearer to an atheistic point of view than to traditional religious attitudes.

— 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