--- title: "6 Blind man Quotes By José Saramago" description: "6 Blind man quotes by José Saramago. Plus more from José Saramago and more Blind man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/jos-saramago-208_blind_say-to-a-blind-man-you-re-free-open-the_234552.jpg" --- > [“Say to a blind man, you’re free, open the door that was separating him from the world, Go, you are free, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/say-to-a-blind-man-you-re-free-open-the-door-that-was-separating-him/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/jos-saramago-208_blind_say-to-a-blind-man-you-re-free-open-the_234552.jpg) > [“The first blind man had begun by declaring that his wife would not be subjected to the shame of giving her body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-first-blind-man-had-begun-by-declaring-that-his-wife-would-not-be/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/290/jos-saramago-208_blind-man_the-first-blind-man-had-begun-by-declari_450258.jpg) > [The beginning is never the clear, precise end of a thread, the beginning is a long, painfully slow process that requires time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-beginning-is-never-the-clear-precise-end-of-a-thread-the/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/jos-saramago-208_beginning_the-beginning-is-never-the-clear-precise_610835.png) > [“That night the blind man dreamt that he was blind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/that-night-the-blind-man-dreamt-that-he-was-blind/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41d/jos-saramago-208_blind_that-night-the-blind-man-dreamt-that-he_1132194.png) > [“Confidential matters are not dealt with over the telephone, you'd better come here in person. I cannot leave the house, Do you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/confidential-matters-are-not-dealt-with-over-the-telephone-you-d/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/985/jos-saramago-208_blind-man_confidential-matters-are-not-dealt-with_2040077.jpg) > [“There must be a government, said the first blind man I'm not so sure, but there is, it will be a government…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/there-must-be-a-government-said-the-first-blind-man-i-m-not-so-sure/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/jos-saramago-208_blind_there-must-be-a-government-said-the-firs_2636433.jpg) ## Other authors on Blind man ## More by José Saramago > [“We are born, and at that moment, it is as if we had signed a pact for the rest of our life, but a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/we-are-born-and-at-that-moment-it-is-as-if-we-had-signed-a-pact-for/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [It takes little or nothing to undo reputations, the merest trifle makes and remakes them, it is simply a question of finding the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/it-takes-little-or-nothing-to-undo-reputations-the-merest-trifle/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [One can show no greater respect than to weep for a stranger.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/one-can-show-no-greater-respect-than-to-weep-for-a-stranger/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [I am not a prophet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/i-am-not-a-prophet/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/with-the-passage-of-time-as-well-as-the-social-evolution-and-genetic/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [“Al día siguiente no murió nadie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/al-d-a-siguiente-no-muri-nadie/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [“E se as histórias para crianças passassem a ser de leitura obrigatória para os adultos? Seriam eles capazes de aprender realmente o que há…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/e-se-as-hist-rias-para-crian-as-passassem-a-ser-de-leitura-obrigat/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [In a king, modesty would be a sign of weakness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/in-a-king-modesty-would-be-a-sign-of-weakness/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [“the inmates of the second ward in the right wing have decided, at long last, to bury their dead, at least we shall be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/the-inmates-of-the-second-ward-in-the-right-wing-have-decided-at-long/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [“Stretching one arm behind him, the man passed his hand over the horse's coat, his own skin transformed, or skin which had transformed into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/stretching-one-arm-behind-him-the-man-passed-his-hand-over-the-horse/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/i-think-we-are-blind-blind-people-who-can-see-but-do-not-see/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/you-have-to-leave-the-island-in-order-to-see-the-island-that-we-can-t/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [anyone who gets up early by inclination or has been forced to rise early out of necessity finds it intolerable that others should go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/anyone-who-gets-up-early-by-inclination-or-has-been-forced-to-rise/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [Society has to change, but the political powers we have at the moment are not enough to effect this change. The whole democratic system…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/society-has-to-change-but-the-political-powers-we-have-at-the-moment/) [Jose Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) > [“... aborrece os odores nocturnos, aquelas expansões do corpo a que nem poetas escapam".”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/aborrece-os-odores-nocturnos-aquelas-expans-es-do-corpo-a-que-nem/) [José Saramago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jos-saramago/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blind-man/jos-saramago/#itemlist", "name": "6 Blind man Quotes By José Saramago", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Say to a blind man, you’re free, open the door that was separating him from the world, Go, you are free, we tell him once more, and he does not go, he has remained motionless there in the middle of the road, he and the others, they are terrified, they do not know where to go, the fact is that there is no comparison between living in a rational labyrinth, which is, by definition, a mental asylum and venturing forth, without a guiding hand or a dog-leash, into the demented labyrinth of the city, where memory will serve no purpose, for it will merely be able to recall the images of places but not the paths whereby we might get there.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "José Saramago" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jos-saramago/say-to-a-blind-man-you-re-free-open-the-door-that-was-separating-him/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/jos-saramago-208_blind_say-to-a-blind-man-you-re-free-open-the_234552.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/jos-saramago-208_blind_say-to-a-blind-man-you-re-free-open-the_234552.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/830/jos-saramago-208_blind_say-to-a-blind-man-you-re-free-open-the_234552.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Say to a blind man, you’re free, open the door that was separating him from the world, Go, you are free, we…” — Jose Saramago", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The first blind man had begun by declaring that his wife would not be subjected to the shame of giving her body to strangers in exchange for whatever, she had no desire to do so nor would he permit it, for dignity has no price, that when someone starts making small concessions, in the end live loses all meaning. 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