According to some liberation theologians atheism is not the cause of the conflict between Christianity and Marxism, but is rather the link between them.

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.

God may do something silly at any time, because, like any lover, God does not reason. God is drunk with love.

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

There is however difference between the theology of liberation and traditional theology, the latter being based primarily On the Word of God made incarnate in the Holy Scripture Liberation theology is of course also inspired by the Word, but its representatives are convinced that God also speaks to us in everyday events and that, for example, information obtained through the mass media can be a special way in which God speaks to us.

We all share in the same cosmic rhythm... For all natural laws are like the rhythm of the strings of the harp.