Fernando Pessoa

"Kindness is not a virtue, it is a necessity for survival."

"Beauty fades, but mediocrity is forever."

"Work is the curse of the thinking classes."

"To live is to experience everything and judge nothing."

"Happiness is being understood by those who love you."

"The pen is mightier because words outlast deeds."

"I am a stranger to myself in all the profound ways."

"Death is the only certainty; everything else is negotiable."

"Education is the learning of what was never taught."

"The future is a synonym for nothing."

"To be intelligent is to be lonely."

"Peace is the silence between two wars."

"I create myself daily through my contradictions."

"Justice without mercy is cruelty wearing a crown."

"Money is the poetry of poverty."

"Health is the silence of the organs."

"The greatest journey is the one that leads nowhere."

"Technology is the promise humanity made to itself."

"History repeats itself because nobody was listening the first time."

"Leadership is the burden of giving others what they need, not what they want."

"War teaches peace to those who don't understand peace."

"Motivation is the belief that change is possible."

"Inspiration is exhaustion of the possible."

"I am every person, yet I am no one."

"The reward of suffering is wisdom bought with pain."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"Imagination is the only weapon against reality."

"Truth is the conspiracy of silence."

"Freedom is slavery to one's own desires."

"In literature, truth is more important than facts."