Fernando Pessoa

"The power of words lies in what they leave unsaid."

"Death is the only certainty that makes life meaningful."

"I have been many things and remain none of them."

"Perseverance is simply continuing when continuation seems pointless."

"Gratitude is the rarest of human qualities."

"The imagination creates worlds that reality can never match."

"Work is the visible form of invisible thought."

"Kindness is the greatest form of intelligence."

"Strength is knowing when not to use your power."

"Fear teaches us more than any other emotion."

"Money is crystallized time that we exchange for our lives."

"Health is the silent symphony of the body."

"The truth is too complex for a single statement."

"Every moment contains infinity if we look carefully enough."

"I am my own universe; everyone else is merely visiting."

"The past is a foreign country; we cannot return there."

"Literature is where we find our true selves reflected."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict but its transformation."

"The leader who must tell people he leads, leads no one."

"Motivation is temporary; discipline is eternal."

"Wars are fought by those who will not fight themselves."

"Science explains the how; philosophy asks the why."

"In politics, the truth is the first casualty."

"To be modern is to be constantly uncertain."

"Every person contains multitudes; we are never just one."

"I am not I; I am this moment's dream of being someone."

"The poet is a light and winged thing, and holy, and cannot compose until he becomes inspired."

"To be great, one must first learn to be small in the presence of mystery."

"My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments sound and play within me."

"Everything that is real is also illusory, and everything illusory is also real."