916 Quotes by Fernando Pessoa

...and everything is an incurable sickness.The indolence of feeling, the frustration of never knowing how to do anything, the inability to take action...

After the rains departed the skies and settled on earth - clear skies; moist brilliant earth - greater clarity returned to life alone with the blue above and made the world below rejoice with the freshness of the recent rain. It left heaven in our souls and a freshness in our hearts.

¡Ah, no hay nostalgia más dolorosa que la de las cosas que nunca han sucedido!

Si la liberación no está dentro de mí, no está, para mi, en ninguna parte.

لا وجود للمعايير. البشر بأسرهم هم استثناء لقاعدة غير موجودة

But thank God there's imperfection in the World, Since imperfection is a thing, And the existence of mistaken People is original, And the existence of sick People makes the world interesting. If there were no imperfection, there would be one less thing, And there should be many Things, So that we will have a lot to see and hear For as long as Our eys and ears remain open...

O que parece haver de desprezo entre homem e homem, de indiferente que permite que se mate gente sem que se sinta que se mata, como entre os assassinos, ou sem que se pense que se está matando, como entre os soldados, é que ninguém presta a devida atenção ao facto, parece que abstruso, de que os outros são almas também.

What could anyone confess that would be worth anything or serve any useful purpose? What has happened to us has either happened to everyone or to us alone; if the former it has no novelty value and if the latter it will be incomprehensible.

Comme d'usage, le Dictateur se trompe.