--- title: "31 It is what it is Quotes By Alberto Caeiro" description: "31 It is what it is quotes by Alberto Caeiro. Plus more from Alberto Caeiro and more It is what it is sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_i-m-one-of-my-sensations-941622_941622.jpg" --- > [“I'm one of my sensations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-m-one-of-my-sensations/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cd0/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_i-m-one-of-my-sensations-941622_941622.jpg) > [“What comes, when it comes, will be what it is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/what-comes-when-it-comes-will-be-what-it-is/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/alberto-caeiro-7759_acceptance_what-comes-when-it-comes-will-be-what-it_797560.jpg) > [“On a whitely cloudy day I get sad, almost afraid, And I begin to meditate about problems I make up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/on-a-whitely-cloudy-day-i-get-sad-almost-afraid-and-i-begin-to/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/alberto-caeiro-7759_cloudy_on-a-whitely-cloudy-day-i-get-sad-almost_753991.jpg) > [“Things don’t have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden meaning of things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/things-don-t-have-significance-they-only-have-existence-things-are/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/alberto-caeiro-7759_existence_things-don-t-have-significance-they-only_1457535.jpg) > [“I love flowers for being flowers, directly. And I love trees for being trees without my thought.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-love-flowers-for-being-flowers-directly-and-i-love-trees-for-being/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_i-love-flowers-for-being-flowers-directl_2265312.jpg) > [“I’m glad I see with my eyes and not the pages I’ve read.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-m-glad-i-see-with-my-eyes-and-not-the-pages-i-ve-read/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb3/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_i-m-glad-i-see-with-my-eyes-and-not-the_3211606.jpg) > [“I’m in no hurry. What for? The sun and moon aren’t in a hurry: they’re right. Hurrying is believing people can get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-m-in-no-hurry-what-for-the-sun-and-moon-aren-t-in-a-hurry-they-re/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/alberto-caeiro-7759_achievement_i-m-in-no-hurry-what-for-the-sun-and-moo_1810401.jpg) > [“Night doesn’t fall for my eyes But my idea of the night is that it falls for my eyes. Beyond my thinking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/night-doesn-t-fall-for-my-eyes-but-my-idea-of-the-night-is-that-it/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/501/alberto-caeiro-7759_astronomy_night-doesn-t-fall-for-my-eyes-but-my-id_829351.jpg) > [“If I talk about her like she’s a being It’s because talking about her I need to use the language of men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/if-i-talk-about-her-like-she-s-a-being-it-s-because-talking-about-her/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_if-i-talk-about-her-like-she-s-a-being-i_3115958.jpg) > [“It’s an already inside outside, The philosophers say it’s the soul But it’s not the soul: it’s the animal or the man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/it-s-an-already-inside-outside-the-philosophers-say-it-s-the-soul-but/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_it-s-an-already-inside-outside-the-philo_2891802.jpg) > [“I’m in no hurry: the sun and the moon aren’t, either. Nobody goes faster than the legs they have. If where I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-m-in-no-hurry-the-sun-and-the-moon-aren-t-either-nobody-goes-faster/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/alberto-caeiro-7759_change_i-m-in-no-hurry-the-sun-and-the-moon-are_1566732.jpg) > [“A row of trees far away, there on the hillside. But what is it, a row of trees? It’s just trees. Row…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/a-row-of-trees-far-away-there-on-the-hillside-but-what-is-it-a-row-of/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_a-row-of-trees-far-away-there-on-the-hil_1825134.jpg) > [“The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset. But what does someone who hates and loves want with a sunset?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/the-man-stopped-talking-and-was-looking-at-the-sunset-but-what-does/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_the-man-stopped-talking-and-was-looking_531135.jpg) > [“Even so, I’m somebody. I’m the Discoverer of Nature. I’m the Argonaut of true sensations. I bring a new Universe to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/even-so-i-m-somebody-i-m-the-discoverer-of-nature-i-m-the-argonaut-of/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/alberto-caeiro-7759_discovery_even-so-i-m-somebody-i-m-the-discoverer_62819.jpg) > [“That thing over there was more there than it’s there! Yes, sometimes I cry about the perfect body that doesn’t exist. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/that-thing-over-there-was-more-there-than-it-s-there-yes-sometimes-i/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_that-thing-over-there-was-more-there-tha_2360933.jpg) > [“Praise be to God I’m not good, And have the natural egotism of flowers And rivers following their bed Preoccupied without knowing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/praise-be-to-god-i-m-not-good-and-have-the-natural-egotism-of-flowers/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4eb/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_praise-be-to-god-i-m-not-good-and-have-t_3228654.jpg) > [“I was born subject like others to errors and defects, But never to the error of wanting to understand too much, Never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-was-born-subject-like-others-to-errors-and-defects-but-never-to-the/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/alberto-caeiro-7759_acceptance_i-was-born-subject-like-others-to-errors_313766.jpg) > [“A kid thinking about fairy tales and believing in fairy tales Acts like a sick god, but like a god. Because even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/a-kid-thinking-about-fairy-tales-and-believing-in-fairy-tales-acts/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/alberto-caeiro-7759_being_a-kid-thinking-about-fairy-tales-and-bel_3046616.jpg) > [“A stagecoach passed by on the road and went on; And the road didn’t become more beautiful or even more ugly. That’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/a-stagecoach-passed-by-on-the-road-and-went-on-and-the-road-didn-t/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/alberto-caeiro-7759_every-day_a-stagecoach-passed-by-on-the-road-and-w_173251.jpg) > [“Let’s only care about the place where we are. There’s beauty enough in being here and not anywhere else. If there’s someone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/let-s-only-care-about-the-place-where-we-are-there-s-beauty-enough-in/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_let-s-only-care-about-the-place-where-we_2675411.jpg) > [“I saw that there is no Nature, That Nature doesn’t exist, That there are hills, valleys, plains, That there are trees, flowers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-saw-that-there-is-no-nature-that-nature-doesn-t-exist-that-there/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a96/alberto-caeiro-7759_existence_i-saw-that-there-is-no-nature-that-natur_3019624.jpg) > [“Nothing at all reminds us of something else when we pay attention to it. Each thing only reminds us of what it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/nothing-at-all-reminds-us-of-something-else-when-we-pay-attention-to/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_nothing-at-all-reminds-us-of-something-e_898173.jpg) > [“And since today’s all there is for now, that’s everything. Who knows if I’ll be dead the day after tomorrow? If I’m…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/and-since-today-s-all-there-is-for-now-that-s-everything-who-knows-if/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_and-since-today-s-all-there-is-for-now-t_3025723.jpg) > [“Between what i see in a field and what I see in another field There passes for a moment the figure of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/between-what-i-see-in-a-field-and-what-i-see-in-another-field-there/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fed/alberto-caeiro-7759_body_between-what-i-see-in-a-field-and-what-i_860385.jpg) > [“The amorous shepherd has lost his staff, And his sheep are straying on the hillside, And he didn’t even play the flute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/the-amorous-shepherd-has-lost-his-staff-and-his-sheep-are-straying-on/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb1/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_the-amorous-shepherd-has-lost-his-staff_1547463.jpg) > [“Yes, this is what my senses alone have learned:— Things don’t have significance: they only have existence. Things are the only hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/yes-this-is-what-my-senses-alone-have-learned-things-don-t-have/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/393/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_yes-this-is-what-my-senses-alone-have-le_665932.jpg) > [“Accept the universe As the gods gave it to you. If the gods wanted to give you something else They’d have done…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/accept-the-universe-as-the-gods-gave-it-to-you-if-the-gods-wanted-to/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d9/alberto-caeiro-7759_acceptance_accept-the-universe-as-the-gods-gave-it_1149975.jpg) > [“There are no roses in my yard: what wind brought you? But I suddenly come from far away. I was sick for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/there-are-no-roses-in-my-yard-what-wind-brought-you-but-i-suddenly/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/alberto-caeiro-7759_being_there-are-no-roses-in-my-yard-what-wind_251532.jpg) > [“If I knew I was going to die tomorrow, And Spring came the day after tomorrow, I would die peacefully, because it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/if-i-knew-i-was-going-to-die-tomorrow-and-spring-came-the-day-after/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d66/alberto-caeiro-7759_alright_if-i-knew-i-was-going-to-die-tomorrow-an_3156556.jpg) > [“I think about this, not like someone thinking, but like someone breathing, And I look at flowers and I smile... I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-think-about-this-not-like-someone-thinking-but-like-someone/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/695/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_i-think-about-this-not-like-someone-thin_1413685.jpg) > [“He should be happy because he can think about the unhappiness of others! He’s stupid if he doesn’t know other people’s unhappiness…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/he-should-be-happy-because-he-can-think-about-the-unhappiness-of/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_he-should-be-happy-because-he-can-think_934163.jpg) ## Other authors on It is what it is ## More by Alberto Caeiro > [“Even so, I’m somebody. I’m the Discoverer of Nature. I’m the Argonaut of true sensations. I bring a new Universe to the Universe Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/even-so-i-m-somebody-i-m-the-discoverer-of-nature-i-m-the-argonaut-of/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“the world wasn't made for us to think about it (to think is to have eyes that aren't well) but to look at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/the-world-wasn-t-made-for-us-to-think-about-it-to-think-is-to-have/) [alberto caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“And I find a happiness in the fact of accepting — In the sublimely scientific and difficult fact of accepting the inevitable natural.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/and-i-find-a-happiness-in-the-fact-of-accepting-in-the-sublimely/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“I’m a keeper of flocks. The flock is my thoughts And my thoughts are all sensations. I think with my eyes and with my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-m-a-keeper-of-flocks-the-flock-is-my-thoughts-and-my-thoughts-are/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“But if God is the trees and the flowers And the hills and the moonlight and the sun, Why should I call him God?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/but-if-god-is-the-trees-and-the-flowers-and-the-hills-and-the/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“A stagecoach passed by on the road and went on; And the road didn’t become more beautiful or even more ugly. That’s human action…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/a-stagecoach-passed-by-on-the-road-and-went-on-and-the-road-didn-t/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“There are no roses in my yard: what wind brought you? But I suddenly come from far away. I was sick for a moment.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/there-are-no-roses-in-my-yard-what-wind-brought-you-but-i-suddenly/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“But if God is the flowers and the trees And the hills and the sun and the moonlight, Then I believe in him, Then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/but-if-god-is-the-flowers-and-the-trees-and-the-hills-and-the-sun-and/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“I was born subject like others to errors and defects, But never to the error of wanting to understand too much, Never to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-was-born-subject-like-others-to-errors-and-defects-but-never-to-the/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“My look blue as the sky Is as calm as water in the sun. It’s that way, blue and calm, Because it doesn’t question…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/my-look-blue-as-the-sky-is-as-calm-as-water-in-the-sun-it-s-that-way/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“I don’t regret anything I was before because I still am. I only regret not having loved you. Put your hands in mine And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-don-t-regret-anything-i-was-before-because-i-still-am-i-only-regret/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“Pensar é não compreender.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/pensar-n-o-compreender/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“If I die very young, hear this: I was never anything but a kid playing. I was a heathen like the sun and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/if-i-die-very-young-hear-this-i-was-never-anything-but-a-kid-playing/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“Now I sense the perfume of flowers like seeing a new thing. I know they smell just as well as I know I existed.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/now-i-sense-the-perfume-of-flowers-like-seeing-a-new-thing-i-know/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) > [“The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset. 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He’s stupid if he doesn’t know other people’s unhappiness is theirs, And isn’t cured from the outside, Because suffering isn’t like running out of ink, Or a trunk not having iron bands! There being injustice is like there being death.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Alberto Caeiro" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/he-should-be-happy-because-he-can-think-about-the-unhappiness-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_he-should-be-happy-because-he-can-think_934163.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_he-should-be-happy-because-he-can-think_934163.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/06e/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_he-should-be-happy-because-he-can-think_934163.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“He should be happy because he can think about the unhappiness of others! 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