Fernando Pessoa Quotes

Biography: Fernando Pessoa is known for being one of the most significant literar... more Biography: Fernando Pessoa is known for being one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century, particularly in Portuguese literature. Born in Lisbon in 1888, Pessoa was a prolific writer and poet who created numerous heteronyms, each with distinct biographies and writing styles. His major work, "The Book of Disquiet," remains a profound exploration of existential angst and inner life. less

"Freedom is the possibility of isolation""Better the uncertainty of tomorrow""In art, there are no beginnings""To think is to destroy""The value of an idea has nothing to do with its truth.""To give love is to know to lose.""All it takes to change someone is love.""Everything is a symbol of something else.""To understand, I destroyed myself. The curious will come after me to know why I disappeared.""There is no norm that, when violated, does not become the norm of another.""Life is shipwreck with a golden rescue.""Time! The present! In these, I am almost inclined to believe. I am a skeptical mystic.""The wise man makes his own heaven while the foolish one inherits his own hell""The sea is the same as it has been since before men ever went on it in boats""The life one lives is at least interesting""There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful""Without madness, there is no humanity.""We love evermore everything that isn’t, and are always pining for what could never be. ""The entire universe is through and for me; the rest is hypothesis. ""My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddles, drums, cymbals, or harps I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony. "

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