916 Quotes by Fernando Pessoa

Oggi la mia anima è triste fino al corpo. Tutto me stesso mi duole: la memoria, gli occhi, le braccia.

El misterio de la vida nos duele y nos aterra de muchas formas. Unas veces cae sobre nosotros como un fantasma sin forma, y el alma tiembla con el peor de los miedos, el de la encarnación disforme del no ser. Otras veces está detrás de nosotros, visible sólo cuando no nos damos la vuelta para ver, y es toda la verdad de su terror profundísimo de que nunca la conoceremos.

All letters of love are Ridiculous. They wouldn’t be love letters if they were not Ridiculous.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

In me all affections take place on the surface, but sincerely. I've always been an actor, and in earnest. Whenever I've loved, I've pretended to love, pretending it even to myself.

There's no greater proof of an impoverished mind than its inability to be witty except at other people's expense.

The only way to survive in this world is by keeping alive our dream, without ever fulfilling it, since the fulfilment never measures up to what we imagine.

Sickness occurs when we desire what we need and what’s desirable with equal intensity, suffering our lack of perfection as if we were suffering for lack of bread.

No-one loves another More than he loves whatever another within may haveThat is part of one's self