And if the soul Is to know itself It is into a soul That it must look: The stranger and the enemy, we've seen him in the mirror. — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
You spoke about things they couldn't see and so they laughed. Yet to row up the dark river against the current, to take the unknown road blindly, stubbornly, and to search for words rooted like the knotted olive tree- let… — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
Leaves like rusty tin for the desolate mind that has seen the end- the barest glimmerings. Leaves aswirl with gulls made wild by winter. — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
Like a bird with broken wing that has traveled through wind for years . . . I sleep and my heart stays awake . . . — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
And if the soul Is to know itself It is into a soul That it must look: The stranger and the enemy, we've seen… — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
“In our gradually shrinking world, everyone is in need of all the others. We must look for man wherever we can find him. When… — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men. — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
You spoke about things they couldn't see and so they laughed. Yet to row up the dark river against the current, to take the… — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today. — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities… — Giorgos Seferis Copy Share Image
