“The senses and the heart, if they are not exercised, atrophy and languish.”

Original: Los sentidos y el corazón que no se ejercen, se atrofian y languidecen. — Arguing that feeling and perception must be exercised through life · Letter to Juan Ramón Jiménez, Autocrítica (Spanish)

• Emotion
• Experience
• Life

“But old things too have their pleasure, their special magic, a delicate and subtle charm across time.”

Original: Pero hay en las cosas antiguas también su agrado, su magia especial, un encanto delicado y fino a través del tiempo. — Affirming that old things possess a beauty distinct from novelty · Essay, Por la capa, in La guerra literaria (Spanish)

• Beauty
• Time
• Tradition

“It is the mark of the wise to change their minds, of human beings to be mistaken, and of honest people to admit it.”

Original: De sabios es mudar de consejo, de hombres el equivocarse, de honrados reconocerlo. — Defending the willingness to change one's mind and admit error · Preface, La guerra literaria (Spanish)

• Change
• Sincerity
• Wisdom