Attitude The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted,... Octavio Paz 8
Attitude A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than... Octavio Paz 10
Change Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary. Octavio Paz 14
Psychology Despite the often illusory nature of essays on the psychology of a nation, it seems to me there is something revealing in the insistence with which... Octavio Paz 7
Alone Solitude is the profoundest fact of the human condition. Man is the only being who knows he is alone. Octavio Paz 10
Alone Man is alone everywhere. But the solitude of the Mexican, under the great stone night of the high plateau that is still inhabited by insatiable... Octavio Paz 11
Alone Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone: it is the opening of an impalpable, transparent wall - that of our consciousness -... Octavio Paz 7
Art Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game. Octavio Paz 9
