641 Quotes by José Saramago

I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.

The day before is what we bring to the day we're actually living through, life is a matter of carrying along all those days-before just as someone might carry stones, and when we can no longer cope with the load, the work is done, the last day is the only one that is not the day before another day.

People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.

The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.

Blind people do not need a name, I am my voice, nothing else matters.

As so often happens, the thing left undone tires you most of all, you only feel rested when it has been accomplished.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.

What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?

. . . if there is a way for the world to be transformed for the better, it can only be done by pessimism; optimists will never change the world for the better.