--- title: "6 Labyrinths Quotes By Jorge Luis Borges" description: "6 Labyrinths quotes by Jorge Luis Borges. Plus more from Jorge Luis Borges and more Labyrinths sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/jorge-luis-borges-275_astronomy_i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-o_254563.jpg" --- > [“I thought of a labyrinth of labyrinths, of one sinuous spreading labyrinth that would encompass the past and the future and in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-of-one-sinuous-spreading/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/jorge-luis-borges-275_astronomy_i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-o_254563.jpg) > [“It was under English trees that I meditated on that lost labyrinth: I pictured it perfect and inviolate on the secret summit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/it-was-under-english-trees-that-i-meditated-on-that-lost-labyrinth-i/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b16/jorge-luis-borges-275_beauty_it-was-under-english-trees-that-i-medita_1380363.jpg) > [“I imagined a labyrinth of labyrinths, a maze of mazes, a twisting, turning, ever-widening labyrinth that contained both past and future and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-imagined-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-a-maze-of-mazes-a-twisting/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcf/jorge-luis-borges-275_abstraction_i-imagined-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-a-m_1841603.jpg) > [“One of the schools of Tlön goes so far as to negate time; it reasons that the present is indefinite, that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/one-of-the-schools-of-tl-n-goes-so-far-as-to-negate-time-it-reasons/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/646/jorge-luis-borges-275_bible_one-of-the-schools-of-tl-n-goes-so-far-a_2086381.jpg) > [“I think—the hero observes that nothing is so frightening as a labyrinth with no center.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-think-the-hero-observes-that-nothing-is-so-frightening-as-a/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fe/jorge-luis-borges-275_essays_i-think-the-hero-observes-that-nothing-i_2816156.jpg) > [I thought of a labyrinth of labyrinths, of one sinuous spreading labyrinth that would encompass the past and the future . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-of-one-sinuous-spreading-2/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85a/jorge-luis-borges-275_abstract_i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-o_2914071.jpg) ## More by Jorge Luis Borges > [“No hables a menos que puedas mejorar el silencio.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/no-hables-a-menos-que-puedas-mejorar-el-silencio/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-execution-was-set-for-the-29th-of-march-at-nine-in-the-morning/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/like-all-writers-he-measured-the-achievements-of-others-by-what-they/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/how-can-we-manage-to-illuminate-the-pathos-of-our-lives/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [Loneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/loneliness-does-not-worry-me-life-is-difficult-enough-putting-up-with/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-fact-is-that-all-writers-create-their-precursors-their-work/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [I don't think we're capable of knowledge, but I like to keep an open mind. So if you ask me whether I believe in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-don-t-think-we-re-capable-of-knowledge-but-i-like-to-keep-an-open/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [The web of time - the strands of which approach one another, bifurcate, intersect, or ignore each other through the centuries - embraces "every"…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-web-of-time-the-strands-of-which-approach-one-another-bifurcate/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [“My memory, sir, is like a garbage disposal.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/my-memory-sir-is-like-a-garbage-disposal/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [When I write, I do it urged by an intimate necessity. I don't have in mind an exclusive public, or a public of multitudes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/when-i-write-i-do-it-urged-by-an-intimate-necessity-i-don-t-have-in/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-mind-was-dreaming-the-world-was-its-dream/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-foresee-that-man-will-resign-himself-each-day-to-new-abominations/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [“If I could live again - I will travel light, If I could live again - I'll try to work bare feet at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/if-i-could-live-again-i-will-travel-light-if-i-could-live-again-i-ll/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [Every man should be capable of all ideas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/every-man-should-be-capable-of-all-ideas/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [Writing is only a guided dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/writing-is-only-a-guided-dream/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/labyrinths/jorge-luis-borges/#itemlist", "name": "6 Labyrinths Quotes By Jorge Luis Borges", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I thought of a labyrinth of labyrinths, of one sinuous spreading labyrinth that would encompass the past and the future and in some way involve the stars.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jorge Luis Borges" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-of-one-sinuous-spreading/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/jorge-luis-borges-275_astronomy_i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-o_254563.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/jorge-luis-borges-275_astronomy_i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-o_254563.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/jorge-luis-borges-275_astronomy_i-thought-of-a-labyrinth-of-labyrinths-o_254563.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I thought of a labyrinth of labyrinths, of one sinuous spreading labyrinth that would encompass the past and…” — Jorge Luis Borges", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It was under English trees that I meditated on that lost labyrinth: I pictured it perfect and inviolate on the secret summit of a mountain; I pictured its outlines blurred by rice paddies, or underwater; I pictured it as infinite—a labyrinth not of octagonal pavillions and paths that turn back upon themselves, but of rivers and provinces and kingdoms…I imagined a labyrinth of labyrinths, a maze of mazes, a twisting, turning, ever-widening labyrinth that contained both past and future and somehow implied the stars. 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