"Not only does the universe have its own……" — Jose Saramago
"Not only does the universe have its own laws, all of them indifferent to the contradictory dreams and desires of humanity, and in the formulation of which we contribute not one iota, apart, that is, from the words by which we clumsily name them, but everything seems to indicate that it uses these laws for aims and objectives that transcend and always will transcend our understanding."
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Jose Saramago
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142 Quotes by Jose Saramago
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God, the devil, good, evil, it's all in our heads, not in Heaven or Hell, which we also invented. We…
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Can you imagine what Bush would say if someone like Hugo Chavez asked him for a little piece of land…
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This must be what it means to be a ghost, being certain that life exists, because your four senses say…
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doubt is the privilege of those who have lived a long time
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A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.
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People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In…
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Jeronimo, my grandfather, swine-herder and story-teller, feeling death about to arrive and take him, went and said goodbye to the…
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In the end, I am quite normal. I don't have odd habits. I don't dramatize. Above all, I do not…
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Each day is a little bit of history
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En ningún momento de la historia, en ningún lugar del planeta, las religiones han servido para que los seres humanos…
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Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand…
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We are marching against the law of the jungle that the United States and its acolytes old and new want…
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
— Aristotle
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for…
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Our efforts are not aimed at isolating Israel or de-legitimizing it; rather we want to gain legitimacy for the cause…
— Mahmoud Abbas
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— Benigno Aquino III
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If you watch animals objectively for any length of time, you're driven to the conclusion that their main aim in…
— David Attenborough
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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Dress is at all times a frivolous distinction, and excessive solicitude about it often destroys its own aim.
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The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment…
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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A boy carries out suggestions more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.
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Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are…
— Bryan Adams
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Schools are not intended to moralize a wicked world, but to impart knowledge and develop intelligence, with only two social…
— Jacques Barzun
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