We turn outward, attracted by the beauty we see in created things without realizing that they are only a reflection of the real beauty. And the real beauty is within us.

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.

What Marxism calls atheism is basically the negation of an idol, which sometimes bears the name of God.

Like a lover who spends all his time thinking of his distant love, God has been thinking of me since before I was born, for all eternity.

All human eyes have longing in them.

I began to write poetry when I was about four years old. In other words, I've always been writing poetry.

Slogan-making is not poetry.