916 Quotes by Fernando Pessoa

The right way to live is something we can only teach the dead.

De tanto lidar com sombras, eu mesmo me converti numa sombra – no que penso, no que sinto, no que sou.

Wise is the man who monotonizes his existence, for then each minor incident seems a marvel.

It’s the fact that in all this – sky, earth, world – there is never anything but myself!

Deus quer, o homem sonha, a obra nasce.

I always live in the present. The future I can’t know. The past I no longer have.

To be understood is to prostitute oneself.

Some are exploited by God himself, and they are prophets and saints in this vacuous world.

Life would be unbearable if we made ourselves conscious of it.