"Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and……" — Gabriela Mistral
"Speech is our second possession, after the soul-and perhaps we have no other possession in this world."
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Gabriela Mistral
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17 Quotes by Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral has 17 quotes on this site.
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Now my belly is as noble as my heart.
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I write poetry because I can’t disobey the impulse; it would be like blocking a spring that surges up in…
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What the soul is to the body, so is the artist to his people,
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Let the radiance of my enthusiasms envelop the poor courtyard and the bare classroom. Let my heart be a stronger…
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I have all that I lost and I go carrying my childhood like a favorite flower that perfumes my hand.
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I have a faithful joy and a joy that is lost. One is like a rose, the other, a thorn.…
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The poet is an untier of knots, and love without words is a knot, and it drowns.
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In the secret of night, my prayer climbs like the liana, My prayer is, and I am not. It grows,…
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You shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul.
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A crippled child Said, "How shall I dance?" Let your heart dance We said. Then the invalid said: "How shall…
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Love that stammers, that stutters, is apt to be the love that loves best.
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Love beauty it is the shadow of God on the universe
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