--- title: "20 Seeing Quotes By Alberto Caeiro" description: "20 Seeing quotes by Alberto Caeiro. Plus more from Alberto Caeiro and more Seeing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_everything-s-different-from-us-that-s-wh_1131555.jpg" --- > [“Everything’s different from us. That’s why everything exists.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/everything-s-different-from-us-that-s-why-everything-exists/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e87/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_everything-s-different-from-us-that-s-wh_1131555.jpg) > [“Nature never remembers, that’s why she’s beautiful.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/nature-never-remembers-that-s-why-she-s-beautiful/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e9/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_nature-never-remembers-that-s-why-she-s_1479456.jpg) > [“I don’t know what understanding myself is. I don’t look inside. I don’t believe I exist behind myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-don-t-know-what-understanding-myself-is-i-don-t-look-inside-i-don-t/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/alberto-caeiro-7759_being_i-don-t-know-what-understanding-myself-i_3190282.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) > [“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) > [“Now I sense the perfume of flowers like seeing a new thing. I know they smell just as well as I know…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f1/alberto-caeiro-7759_existence_now-i-sense-the-perfume-of-flowers-like_494602.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) > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/alberto-caeiro-7759_acceptance_and-i-find-a-happiness-in-the-fact-of-ac_122466.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) > [“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) > [“Something changed in part of reality — my knees and my hands. What science has knowledge for this? The blind man goes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/something-changed-in-part-of-reality-my-knees-and-my-hands-what/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/alberto-caeiro-7759_blind-man_something-changed-in-part-of-reality-my_1730567.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) > [“Yes: I exist inside my body. I’m not carrying the sun and the moon in my pocket. I don’t want to conquer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/yes-i-exist-inside-my-body-i-m-not-carrying-the-sun-and-the-moon-in/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7e/alberto-caeiro-7759_being_yes-i-exist-inside-my-body-i-m-not-carry_1044936.jpg) > [“If science wants to be truthful, What science is more truthful than the science of things without science? I close my eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/if-science-wants-to-be-truthful-what-science-is-more-truthful-than/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_if-science-wants-to-be-truthful-what-sci_557476.jpg) > [“She goes on with her beautiful hair and mouth like before, I go on like before, alone in the field. It’s like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/she-goes-on-with-her-beautiful-hair-and-mouth-like-before-i-go-on/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/803/alberto-caeiro-7759_feeling_she-goes-on-with-her-beautiful-hair-and_1551495.jpg) > [“What does this think about that? Nothing thinks about anything. Does the earth have consciousness of its stones and plants? If it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/what-does-this-think-about-that-nothing-thinks-about-anything-does/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/496/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_what-does-this-think-about-that-nothing_2659182.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) > [“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) ## Other authors on Seeing ## 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. 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seeing/alberto-caeiro/#itemlist", "name": "20 Seeing Quotes By Alberto Caeiro", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Everything’s different from us. 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