All Fernando Pessoa Quotes
- And, like the great damned souls, I shall always feel that thinking is worth more than living. Always Feel
- As I walk, I construct perfect sentences that I cannot remember later at home. I don’t know if the ineffable poetry of those sentences derived… Been
- Tomorrow I too - this feeling and thinking soul, the universe I am to myself - yes, tomorrow I too will be someone who no… Cities
- Let's absurdify life, from east to west. Let us play hide-and-seek with our consciousness of living. Consciousness
- All I’ve ever done is dream. That, and only that, has been the meaning of my existence. The only thing I’ve ever really cared about… All
- I know nothing and my heart aches Ache
- Whether or not they exist we are slaves to our gods. Exist
- I read and am liberated. I acquire objectivity. I cease being myself and so scattered. And what I read, instead of being like a nearly… Acquire
- There’s enough metaphysics in not thinking about anything. Inspirational
- For a long time now I haven't existed. I'm utterly calm. No one distinguishes me from who I am. I just felt myself breath as… Beginning
- Ah, what a morning this is, awakening me to life's stupidity. [98 - Zenith trans.] Ah
- Man shouldn’t be able to see his own face – there’s nothing more sinister. Nature gave him the gift of not being able to see… Able
- We may know that the work we continue to put off doing will be bad. Worse, however, is the work we never do. A work… All
- I’ve always wanted to be liked. It grieved me that I was treated with indifference. Left an orphan by Fortune, I wanted—like all orphans—to be… Adapted
- I wasn’t meant for reality, but life came and found me. Came
- I look for myself but find no one. I belong to the chrysanthemum hour of bright flowers placed in tall vases. I should make an… Belong
- I have at this moment so many fundamental thoughts, so many truly metaphysical things to say, that I suddenly get tired and decide not to… Allow
- I asked for very little from life, and even this little was denied me. A nearby field, a ray of sunlight, a little bit of… Along
- If, on thinking this, I look up to see if reality can quench my thirst, I see inexpressive facades, inexpressive faces, inexpressive gestures. Stones, bodies,… All
- I never had anyone I could call “Master”. No Christ died for me. No Buddha showed me the right path. In the depths of my… Anyone
- To create, I destroyed myself; I made myself external to such a degree within myself that within myself I do not exist except in an… Actors
- I’ve dreamed a lot. I’m tired now from dreaming but not tired of dreaming. No one tires of dreaming, because to dream is to forget,… Achieved
- I suffer from life and from other people. I can’t look at reality face to face. Even the sun discourages and depresses me. Only at… All
- The human soul is an abyss Abyss
- Talking to people makes me feel like sleeping. Only my ghostly and imaginary friends, only the conversations I have in my dreams, are genuinely real… Conversation