God may do something silly at any time, because, like any lover, God does not reason. God is drunk with love. — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“... 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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
What Marxism calls atheism is basically the negation of an idol, which sometimes bears the name of God. — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“... It seems to me / the the great bards of the 20th century are in Publicity / those Keatses and Shelleys singing the… — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
I think that the proclamation of the Gospel is sometimes nearer to an atheistic point of view than to traditional religious attitudes. — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry. — Ernesto Cardenal Copy Share Image
