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Alberto Caeiro, The Keeper of Sheep Quotes: The river of my village doesn’t make you think about anything.When you’re at its bank you’re only at its bank.
         

The river of my village doesn’t make you think about anything.When you’re at its bank you’re only at its bank.


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There’s enough metaphysics in not thinking about anything.

There’s enough metaphysics in not thinking about anything.



It’s stranger than every strangenessAnd the dreams of all the poetsAnd the thoughts of all the philosophers, That things are really what they seem to beAnd there’s nothing to understand.

It’s stranger than every strangenessAnd the dreams of all the poetsAnd the thoughts of all the philosophers, That things are really what they seem to beAnd there’s nothing to understand.



The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset.But what does someone who hates and loves want with a sunset?

The man stopped talking and was looking at the sunset.But what does someone who hates and loves want with a sunset?



I don’t always feel what I know I should feel.My thought crosses the river I swim very slowlyBecause the suit men made it wear weighs it down.

I don’t always feel what I know I should feel.My thought crosses the river I swim very slowlyBecause the suit men made it wear weighs it down.



Also at times, on the surface of streams, Water?bubbles formAnd grow and burstAnd have no meaning at allExcept that they’re water?bubblesGrowing and bursting.

Also at times, on the surface of streams, Water?bubbles formAnd grow and burstAnd have no meaning at allExcept that they’re water?bubblesGrowing and bursting.




A row of trees far away, there on the hillside.But what is it, a row of trees? It’s just trees.Row and the plural trees aren’t things, they’re names.

A row of trees far away, there on the hillside.But what is it, a row of trees? It’s just trees.Row and the plural trees aren’t things, they’re names.



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 UniverseBecause I bring the Universe to itself.

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 UniverseBecause I bring the Universe to itself.



All beings exist and nothing elseAnd that’s why they’re called beings

All beings exist and nothing elseAnd that’s why they’re called beings



Things don’t have significance: they only have existence.Things are the only hidden meaning of things.

Things don’t have significance: they only have existence.Things are the only hidden meaning of things.





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This page presents the quote "The river of my village doesn’t make you think about anything.When you’re at its bank you’re only at its bank.". Author of this quote is Alberto Caeiro, The Keeper of Sheep. This quote is about simplicity, belonging, natural, nature, pantheism, homeland, home, paganism,.