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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/we-turn-outward-attracted-by-the-beauty-we-see-in-created-things/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

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## More 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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/according-to-some-liberation-theologians-atheism-is-not-the-cause-of/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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. ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/you-can-t-be-with-god-and-be-neutral-true-contemplation-is-resistance/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/we-turn-outward-attracted-by-the-beauty-we-see-in-created-things/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/some-liberation-theologians-maintain-that-they-are-not-influenced-by/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [What Marxism calls atheism is basically the negation of an idol, which sometimes bears the name of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/what-marxism-calls-atheism-is-basically-the-negation-of-an-idol-which/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/my-poetry-is-not-lyric-the-epigrams-are-lyric-because-they-come-from/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [All human eyes have longing in them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/all-human-eyes-have-longing-in-them/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [I am not interested in poetry for poetry's sake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/i-am-not-interested-in-poetry-for-poetry-s-sake/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/there-is-however-difference-between-the-theology-of-liberation-and/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [“... It seems to me / the the great bards of the 20th century are in Publicity / those Keatses and Shelleys singing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/it-seems-to-me-the-the-great-bards-of-the-20th-century-are-in/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [I think that the proclamation of the Gospel is sometimes nearer to an atheistic point of view than to traditional religious attitudes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/i-think-that-the-proclamation-of-the-gospel-is-sometimes-nearer-to-an/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/i-began-to-write-poetry-when-i-was-about-four-years-old-in-other/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [I am not interested in an economic liberation of man without the liberation of the whole man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/i-am-not-interested-in-an-economic-liberation-of-man-without-the/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [“LIFE IS SUBVERSIVE”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/life-is-subversive/)

[Ernesto Cardenal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernesto-cardenal/)

> [I myself have never called what I write anti-poetry. I also think that my poetry should not be only known as the poetry of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernesto-cardenal/i-myself-have-never-called-what-i-write-anti-poetry-i-also-think-that/)

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