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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

"I have a terrible need of — shall I say the word — religion. Then I go out and look at the stars."

Tags: Spirituality, Reflection, Faith, Nature, Existentialism

"The feelings that hurt most, the emotions that sting most, are those that are absurd: the longing for impossible things, precisely because they are impossible, nostalgia for what never was, the desire for what could have been, regret over not being someone else, dissatisfaction with the world's existence. All these half-tones of the soul’s consciousness create in us a painful landscape, an eternal sunset of what we are."

Tags: Nostalgia, Regret, Emotional pain, Longing, Dissatisfaction

"Everything is worthwhile if the soul is not small."

Tags: Motivation, Inspiration, Philosophy, Self-improvement, Mindfulness

"To read is to dream with open eyes."

Tags: Inspiration, Creativity, Literature, Imagination, Reading

"To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Self-awareness, Mindfulness, Self-discovery

"The whole world changes, but not you."

Tags: Resilience, Human nature, Change, Identity, Consistency

"Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life."

Tags: Philosophy, Life, Literature, Self-reflection, Insight

"Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world."

Tags: Philosophy, Wisdom, Life, Perspective, Happiness

"I have no ambitions nor desires. To be poet is not my ambition, it's my way of being alone."

Tags: Creativity, Inner peace, Ambition, Self-expression, Poetry

"Life is whatever we make of it. The traveler is the journey. What we see isn't what we see but what we are."

Tags: Philosophy, Life, Perspective, Self-discovery, Perception

"Everything that surrounds us becomes part of us, collaborators in shaping our lives, invisible vortexes with effects that are internalized and perpetual."

Tags: Personal growth, Influence, Collaboration, Environment, Interconnectedness

"What we see is not what we see but what we are."

Tags: Philosophy, Self-awareness, Mindset, Perception, Self-reflection

"To feel today what one felt yesterday isn’t to feel – it’s to remember today what was felt yesterday, to be today’s living corpse of what yesterday was lived and lost."

Tags: Life, Reflection, Introspection, Existentialism, Emotions

"I am nothing. I will never be anything. I cannot wish to be anything. Aside from that, I have within me all the dreams of the world."

Tags: Philosophy, Identity, Introspection, Existentialism, Dreams

"Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace until it's built."

Tags: Success, Growth, Achievement, Action, Potential

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