The ocean will always betray me. No matter how beautiful it is.

I dream of the stars, ” I let the words slip gaily from my mouth as my imagination finally got carried away. “I dream of taking every one of them in my hands and kissing them.

I rocketed a commanding finger to the heavens and it rained stardust upon our young heads.

Is the ocean simply a great pool of tears? I should like to think that even the stars must cry.

Bravery is never measured by the magnitude of the actions, but rather by the choices made.

One of my greatest obsessions is the lights of a city. Through my eyes there is nothing so delicious and rich and lovely.

Empathize with others. You may easily get into a situation where you need the understanding of others.

Do you believe in God, Martin?'And he answered, 'Yes, because of His trees. Don't you?''I'm not sure...''Oh, my poor, blind Stephen! Look again, go on looking until you do believe.

How bout you and all your morals in that outfit that you borrowed/Make the most out of tonight and worry bout it all tomorrow.

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 Ernesto Cardenal but rather as Nicaraguan poetry.

Cornering perfectly is like bringing a woman to climax.

I thank God for this illness and these physical discomforts, because I have the time to converse with the Lord Jesus.

I think I've always wanted to be different from everybody else. I get really annoyed when I do something and everybody else does it too, or if I'm doing something that everybody else is doing.

Laughter is the only tenable attitude in a universe which is a joke played on itself.

Art must unquestionably have a social value; that is, as a potential means of communication it must be addressed, and in comprehensible terms, to the understanding of mankind.

And I know that God made the heart the most fragile and resilient of all organs, that a lifetime of joy and pain might be encased in one mortal chamber.