Jorge Edwards

Novelist Chilean 1931 – 2023

Chilean writer known for The Corpus Delicti.

421 quotes

"The pursuit of truth requires us to question even our most cherished beliefs."
Truth
"Happiness is not a destination but a practice of daily gratitude."
Happiness
"The writer's pen is mightier than walls or weapons."
Literature
"In darkness, we learn the value of a single flame."
Hope
"Friendship is the luxury of being truly known and accepted."
Friendship
"The mind expands in proportion to the books it consumes."
Knowledge
"War is the failure of imagination; peace is its triumph."
Peace
"To create is to assert that life has meaning."
Creativity
"The greatest inheritance we leave is the ideas we plant."
"Despair is a luxury we cannot afford when others depend upon us."
Courage
"The architecture of society is built from the bricks of individual character."
Philosophy
"Nature speaks a language older and truer than all our words."
Nature
"Mortality teaches us the value of every breath."
Death
"The heart's logic transcends the mind's calculations."
Wisdom
"Education is the soil in which freedom's seeds are planted."
Education
"In the mirror of another's eyes, we see ourselves most clearly."
Relationships
"Power without conscience is merely organized brutality."
Power
"The present is haunted by the ghosts of roads not taken."
"Gratitude is the alchemy that transforms suffering into meaning."
Gratitude
"The mind is a library; we choose which books to open."
Philosophy
"Dreams are the blueprints of our becoming."
Dreams
"In every gesture of kindness lives an act of quiet revolution."
Kindness
"The pursuit of knowledge is humanity's noblest addiction."
Knowledge
"To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover it was yourself."
"Perseverance transforms the impossible into the inevitable."
Perseverance
"The soul grows in the garden of adversity."
"Authenticity is the rarest and most valuable currency."
Truth
"In conversation, we reveal not just what we think, but who we are."
"The wound is the place where the light enters."
"Love is the only force that increases when divided."
Love