70 poetic phrases full of sensitivity

Several examples of the way in which artists and thinkers are able to transmit emotions.

The poetic phrases selected in the following lines are perfect examples of the way in which words can be used to express are perfect examples of the way in which words can be used to express sensations and emotions that go far beyond the theoretical limits of language. And if anything has characterized human beings over the millennia, it is their ability to use the simplest resources to connect with others.

70 poetic phrases full of elegance

Camus, Benedetti, Nereida, Cortázar... there are many artists and thinkers who have filled the history of mankind with ways of express feelings and emotions through words.

There are situations in which what is important is not the literal content of what is said, but the mental impact it has when recited. Poetic phrases that not only possess beauty, but also great messages that go beyond the logical and syntactic rules.

This selection of poetic phrases is an example of how it is possible to explore deep emotions through the use of words.

1. True generosity towards the future consists in giving everything to the present (Albert Camus).

This poetic phrase invites us to enjoy present moments.

2. I'm weaving you a pair of wings, I know you'll leave when I finish... but I can't bear to see you without flying (Andrés Castuera- Micher)

Perfect to describe free relationships, where autonomy is valued.

3. One fine day, looking back, you will realize that these years of struggle have been the most beautiful of your life (Sigmund Freud).

This perfect phrase to appreciate all that you had to go through to reach success to reach success.

4. The years run, pretend to stop and run again, but there is always someone who in the middle of the dark perspective raises a torch that forces us to see the intimate side of the hours (Mario Benedetti).

We always have someone to help us close the circle and give us a complete vision.

5. I was not able to discuss it with anyone because I felt, without being able to explain it, that my reasons could only be valid for me (Gabriel García Márquez).

A phrase of deep intimacy with oneself.

6. Love is the only thing that grows when it is shared (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

A beautiful phrase to value every moment of love delivered.

7. She became so sincere in her deception that she ended up consoling herself with her own lies (Gabriel García Márquez).

When we are victims of our own tricks.

8. Still blows in me the optimistic hope of finding the passable bridge between the limits and the infinite (Alejandra Pizarnik).

This phrase accompanies an anguished soul.

9. Never pass up an opportunity that will make you happy, even if others don't like it (Oscar Wilde)

...for nothing satisfies your true needs.

10. Happy is he who does not insist on being right, because nobody is right or everybody is right (Jorge L Borges).

When we only we focus only on what is essential and useful in life..

11. To err is human, to forgive is divine (Alexander Pope)

Very famous phrase that never loses that little wisdom that calls for reflection.

12. I am the master of my destiny, I am the captain of my soul (William Ernest Henley)

This phrase can accompany a moment.

13. The forest is beautiful, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep. And miles to go before I sleep (Robert Frost).

A very allegorical way of saying that it is important to give considerable space to rest.

14. This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper (T. S. Eliot)

An interesting reflection of a phrase that can accompany that feeling of disappointment.

15. Tread softly, for you tread on my dreams. (W.B. Yeats)

Excellent phrase to reaffirm oneself.

16. To strive, to seek, to find and not to yield (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

This phrase help in times of distress.

17. It is better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all (Alfred Lord Tennyson)

It is always better to value the emotions that we collect.

18. Because I could not stop for death, He graciously stopped for me.

A poetic phrase that holds much mystery.

19. My lady's eyes are nothing like the sun (Shakespeare)

This appreciation has a clear lyrical power.

20. Sweets are excellent but liquor is quicker (Ogden Nash).

A curious way of inviting someone to toast with us.

21. A little learning is a dangerous thing (Alexander Pope)

This phrase shows us that learning can be a powerful weapon, so we should take it.

22. The right study of mankind is man (Alexander Pope)

For in this way we will know ourselves.

23. To be or not to be: that is the question (Shakespeare)

One of the most famous poetic phrasesby far by one of the most famous and talented writers in history.

24. Beauty is true, truth is beautiful (John Keats)

This poetic phrase by Keats deals with the valuation of truth.

25. I am the distance you put between all the moments we will be (Leonard Cohen)

This phrase is perfect to accompany a frustrated Heart in the face of an impossible love.

26. Don't forget that what we call reality today was imagination yesterday (José Saramago)

A very intimate and intense message when ending a relationship.

27. Man is the only animal that eats without being hungry, drinks without being thirsty and speaks without having anything to say (Mark Twain).

Curious and brilliant analogies by Mark Twain.

28. Love is one of the answers that man has invented to look death in the face (Octavio Paz)

This phrase is used by many brave people.

29. I have been happy almost every day of my life, at least for a little while, even in the most adverse circumstances (Roberto Bolaño).

About valuing small details.

30. I don't know how long it lasted/ there are facts that are not subject to the common measure of time (Jorge L. Borges)

And in that sensation and intensity of time makes it valuable.

31. If you are going to leave my life, I only ask one thing: once you are gone and you see that I am well, don't you dare to come back (Mario Benedetti)

This poetic phrase is perfect for closing cycles.

32. There are times when a man has to fight so hard for life that he has no time to live it (Charles Bukowski).

This poetic phrase confronts us with the presence of time in all this.

33. It is easier to deceive people, than to convince them that they have been deceived (Mark Twain)

This phrase makes us reflect on what we believe.

34. Your defects will later be for others your qualities, as long as you insist (Jean Cocteau)

For only constancy can make them so.

35. The fact that you don't catch anything doesn't mean that there are no fish out there (Tom Waits).

If you haven't taken a step yet, it doesn't mean you can't walk.

36. Man is the animal that asks questions. The day when we truly know how to ask questions, there will be dialogue. For now, questions take us far away from the answers (Julio Cortázar).

A way of understanding our nature.

37. When our ideas collide with reality, what has to be revised are the ideas (Jorge Luis Borges).

Nothing can be absolute.

38. Normally we only see what we want to see; so much so, that sometimes we see it where it is not (Eric Hoffer).

When we force circumstances to satisfy our needs with something that does not exist.

39. Heal sometimes, soothe often, listen always (Louis Pasteur)

Listening is almost the same as a hug, a way of connecting emotionally..

40. If we fold our arms we will be accomplices of a system that has legitimized silent death (Ernesto Sábato)

This poetic phrase has a content that calls attention to social events.

41. Curiosity overcame fear and I didn't close my eyes (Jorge L Borges)

Another phrase for the daring.

42. I never believed that we could transform the world, but I believe that every day we can transform things (Françoise Giroud).

This sentence invites us to adopt a beautiful attitude towards life.

43. When everyone was leaving and we were both left between empty glasses and dirty ashtrays, how beautiful it was to know that you were there (Julio Cortázar).

To save the depressing scenarios with sweetness and love was Cortázar's talent.

44. I think we all have a bit of that beautiful madness that keeps us going when everything around us is so insanely sane.

On spontaneous expressions.

45. Suddenly /while you were going with me/ I touched you /and my life stopped (Pablo Neruda)

Neruda bringing us magical places.

All things have their mystery, and poetry is the mystery that all things have (Federico García Lorca).

And that makes her irresistible.

47. Even if they force me I will never say that every time in the past was better. Tomorrow is better (Luis Alberto Spinetta)

A positive outlook on life.

48. The bad thing about life is that it is not what we believe / but neither is it the opposite (A Pizarnik)

A phrase that accompanies more than just a sentence, it is actually a poetic expression.

49. In the sensation one takes what arrives, in the feeling one intervenes (Antonin Artaud)

A way to begin the revolution of feelings.

50. I hear the wind pass by, and I believe that just to hear the wind pass by is worth having been born (Fernando Pessoa)

When we intensely value every detail of life.

51. Love is the only thing that grows when it is shared (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry).

This is the moment.

52. We were walking without looking for each other but knowing that we were walking to find each other (Julio Cortázar).

This poetic phrase establishes a paradox a paradox about some personal relationships.

53. Every time I leave you I retain in my eyes the gleam of your last glance... (Alfonsina Storni)

For difficult moments.

54. I cannot be silent when my heart cries out to me (Fyodor Dostoevsky)

An artistic way of expressing the strength of emotions.

55. Death does not come with old age, but with oblivion (García Márquez).

And it is one of the most difficult forgetfulness.

56. Never be seduced by the idea that what does not create profit has no value (Arthur Miller).

Sometimes the value lies in the smallness of our courage.

57. Never so close did the distant attack (César Vallejo)

And in one way or another this had to be felt.

58. Happiness is to realize that nothing is too important (Antonio Gala)

...and to subtract the importance that they do not need.

59. When the world pulls down, it is better not to be tied to anything (Charly Garcia)

Since you become the standard bearer of the cause.

60. Anger is a poison that one takes hoping the other will die (William Shakespeare).

And its object is always to destroy.

61. One does not discover new continents if one does not have the courage to lose sight of the old shores (André Gide).

This phrase encourages us to turn the page.

62. After all, you are the only wall. If you don't jump over it, you will never take a single step (L. A. Spinetta).

You yourself can be the obstacle that prevents you from evolving.

63. Poetry cannot be found anywhere when it is not carried inside (Joseph Joubert)

One is poetic oneself and only grants the value that we possess in demand.

64. Every day I am less and less interested in being a judge of things and I prefer to be their lover (José Ortega y Gasset)

To be part of the facts than to have to play them.

65. You have to be careful when choosing your enemies because you end up resembling them (Jorge Luis Borges).

Somehow our enemies resemble us.

66. You can caress people with words (F Scott Fitzgerald)

Reach out to people by appealing to their most sensitive side.

67. Faith is the bird that sings when the dawn is still dark (R. Tagore)

We always need to accompany our campaigns.

68. The smaller the heart is, the more hatred it harbors (Victor Hugo)

Contradictory but true aspect.

69. To have the courage, knowing beforehand that you are going to be defeated, and to go out and fight: that is literature (Roberto Bolaño).

It is the courage to step on a mined road and not come out of it alive.

70. From a certain point there is no return. That is the point to reach (Franz Kafka)

A point that is equal to transcendence.