Don Colacho’s Aphorisms

More so than the immorality of the contemporary world, it is its growing ugliness that moves one to dream of a cloister. Escolios a un Texto...

It is not to realize his dreams for which man can strive, but to appear worthy of their realization. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selecció...

Life is delightful at those moments when one is allowed to think or dream. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 380

To be able to deliver to the adolescent we were his ambitions unfulfilled, but his dreams unpolluted. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selecci...

Man’s dreams are not impossible, nor blameworthy; it is impossible and blameworthy for man to believe that he is capable of satisfying them....

Dreams of excellence do not deserve respect except when they do not disguise a vulgar appetite for superiority. Escolios a un Texto Implícit...

The soul is only forged under the pressure of innumerable atmospheres of dreams. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 291

Vulgar dreams are fulfilled here. But those which the adolescent dreams under the oppressive foliage of summer do not build their nests here...

The world would be even more tedious if it were as easy to act as to dream. Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección , p. 181