--- title: "Best Alberto Caeiro Quotes" description: "Alberto José Caeiro is a heteronym of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, first used in 1914 and introduced in print in 1925. In his fictional biograph..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-alberto-caeiro-7759.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-alberto-caeiro-7759.jpg) # Alberto Caeiro **78** quotes in **213** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Alberto José Caeiro is a heteronym of the Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa, first used in 1914 and introduced in print in 1925. In his fictional biography, Caeiro was born in Lisbon on 16 April 1889, lived most of his life in a village in Ribatejo and died in 1915. He was the leader and teacher of a ## Quotes by Alberto Caeiro · Page 2 > [“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/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [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/) [Discovery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/discovery/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5dc/alberto-caeiro-7759_discovery_even-so-i-m-somebody-i-m-the-discoverer_62819.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/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aac/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_a-row-of-trees-far-away-there-on-the-hil_1825134.jpg) > [“That lady has a piano. It’s nice, but it’s not the running of rivers Or the murmuring trees make .. Who needs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/that-lady-has-a-piano-it-s-nice-but-it-s-not-the-running-of-rivers-or/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/god/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2e/alberto-caeiro-7759_god_that-lady-has-a-piano-it-s-nice-but-it-s_1052137.jpg) > [“From my village I see as much in the Universe as you can see from earth. So my village is as big…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/from-my-village-i-see-as-much-in-the-universe-as-you-can-see-from/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Nature](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/nature/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf3/alberto-caeiro-7759_nature_from-my-village-i-see-as-much-in-the-uni_3097320.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/) [Achievement](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/achievement/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0b/alberto-caeiro-7759_achievement_i-m-in-no-hurry-what-for-the-sun-and-moo_1810401.jpg) > [“Lightly, lightly, very lightly, A wind passes very lightly And goes away, always very lightly. And I don’t know what I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/lightly-lightly-very-lightly-a-wind-passes-very-lightly-and-goes-away/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a6/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_lightly-lightly-very-lightly-a-wind-pass_2225487.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/) [Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/) [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 die very young, hear this: I was never anything but a kid playing. I was a heathen like the sun…](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/) [Existence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/347/alberto-caeiro-7759_existence_if-i-die-very-young-hear-this-i-was-neve_452291.jpg) > [“She’s a manner of speaking. Even the flowers don’t come back, or the green leaves. There are new flowers, new green leaves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/she-s-a-manner-of-speaking-even-the-flowers-don-t-come-back-or-the/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Beautiful day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful-day/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b7/alberto-caeiro-7759_beautiful-day_she-s-a-manner-of-speaking-even-the-flow_1382920.jpg) > [“The Tejo runs down from Spain And the Tejo goes into the sea in Portugal. Everybody knows that. But not many people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/the-tejo-runs-down-from-spain-and-the-tejo-goes-into-the-sea-in/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Belonging](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belonging/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/alberto-caeiro-7759_belonging_the-tejo-runs-down-from-spain-and-the-te_1124373.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/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/790/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_if-science-wants-to-be-truthful-what-sci_557476.jpg) > [“Sometimes in the evening on Summer days, Even when there’s not a breeze at all, it seems Like there’s a light breeze…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/sometimes-in-the-evening-on-summer-days-even-when-there-s-not-a/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Breeze](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/breeze/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/78d/alberto-caeiro-7759_breeze_sometimes-in-the-evening-on-summer-days_858115.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/) [Blind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/748/alberto-caeiro-7759_blind-man_something-changed-in-part-of-reality-my_1730567.jpg) > [“I don’t know how to talk because I’m feeling. I’m listening to my voice as if it were someone else’s, And my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-because-i-m-feeling-i-m-listening-to-my/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Beloved](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beloved/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/376/alberto-caeiro-7759_beloved_i-don-t-know-how-to-talk-because-i-m-fee_594761.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/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_let-s-only-care-about-the-place-where-we_2675411.jpg) > [“Live, you say, in the present; Live only in the present. But I don’t want the present, I want reality; I want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/live-you-say-in-the-present-live-only-in-the-present-but-i-don-t-want/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_live-you-say-in-the-present-live-only-in_1951708.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/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fd/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_and-since-today-s-all-there-is-for-now-t_3025723.jpg) > [“It’s not enough to open the window To see the fields and the river. It’s also not enough to not be blind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/it-s-not-enough-to-open-the-window-to-see-the-fields-and-the-river-it/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Philosophy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/philosophy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/518/alberto-caeiro-7759_philosophy_it-s-not-enough-to-open-the-window-to-se_1546560.jpg) > [“If I could take a bite of the whole world And feel it on my palate I’d be more happy for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/if-i-could-take-a-bite-of-the-whole-world-and-feel-it-on-my-palate-i/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60b/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_if-i-could-take-a-bite-of-the-whole-worl_1079361.jpg) > [“I’m a keeper of flocks. The flock is my thoughts And my thoughts are all sensations. I think with my eyes and…](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/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e55/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_i-m-a-keeper-of-flocks-the-flock-is-my-t_136280.jpg) > [“I don’t always feel what I know I should feel. My thought crosses the river I swim very slowly Because the suit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-don-t-always-feel-what-i-know-i-should-feel-my-thought-crosses-the/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/208/alberto-caeiro-7759_appearance_i-don-t-always-feel-what-i-know-i-should_3022419.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/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b1/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_if-i-talk-about-her-like-she-s-a-being-i_3115958.jpg) > [“Also at times, on the surface of streams, Water?bubbles form And grow and burst And have no meaning at all Except that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/also-at-times-on-the-surface-of-streams-water-bubbles-form-and-grow/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e9/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_also-at-times-on-the-surface-of-streams_1433546.jpg) > [“Let’s be simple and calm, Like brooks and trees, And God will love us by making Beautiful things like the trees and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/let-s-be-simple-and-calm-like-brooks-and-trees-and-god-will-love-us/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57a/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_let-s-be-simple-and-calm-like-brooks-and_570478.jpg) > [“I don’t regret anything I was before because I still am. I only regret not having loved you. Put your hands in…](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/) [Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8aa/alberto-caeiro-7759_being_i-don-t-regret-anything-i-was-before-bec_400823.jpg) > [“the world wasn't made for us to think about it (to think is to have eyes that aren't well) but to look…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a83/alberto-caeiro-7759_think_the-world-wasn-t-made-for-us-to-think-ab_76282.jpg) > [“The main thing is knowing how to see, To know how to see without thinking, To know how to see when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/the-main-thing-is-knowing-how-to-see-to-know-how-to-see-without/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/700/alberto-caeiro-7759_knowing_the-main-thing-is-knowing-how-to-see-to_752703.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) > [“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/) [Existence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/existence/) [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/) [Clarity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clarity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5fc/alberto-caeiro-7759_clarity_nothing-at-all-reminds-us-of-something-e_898173.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/) [Beauty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beauty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/alberto-caeiro-7759_beauty_that-thing-over-there-was-more-there-tha_2360933.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/) [Being](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/692/alberto-caeiro-7759_being_a-kid-thinking-about-fairy-tales-and-bel_3046616.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/) [Acceptance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acceptance/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/56c/alberto-caeiro-7759_acceptance_i-was-born-subject-like-others-to-errors_313766.jpg) > [“I don’t have a philosophy: I have senses... If I talk about Nature, it’s not because I know what it is, But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-caeiro/i-don-t-have-a-philosophy-i-have-senses-if-i-talk-about-nature-it-s/) [Alberto Caeiro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-caeiro/) [Innocence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/innocence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/alberto-caeiro-7759_innocence_i-don-t-have-a-philosophy-i-have-senses_3199296.jpg) > [“And he feels hurt when he hears about wars, And commerce, and the ships leaving Their smoke on the high seas. 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