Octavio Paz Quotes

The Mexican's indifference to death is nourished by their indifference to life.

Too much light is like too much shadow: it doesn't let you see.

Freedom, to be realized, must come down to earth and embody among men. It doesn't need wings, but roots.

Imagination set free transforms the world and sets things flying.

To defend nature is to defend mankind.

Perhaps to love is to learn to walk through this world.

Whoever has seen hope does not forget it. They seek it under the skies and among all men.

The supreme value is not the future but the present; the future is a deceitful time that always tells us 'it's not time yet.'