Jorge Luis Borges

Novelist Poet Argentine 1899 – 1986

Argentine writer known for metafictional short stories.

369 quotes

"To create is to question the foundations of reality."
Creativity
"Strength lies in vulnerability acknowledged."
Strength
"Fear is the mirror in which we see ourselves."
Fear
"Power that cannot be questioned is the greatest danger."
Power
"Compassion is the rarest of human virtues."
Kindness
"Adventure is the privilege of the prepared mind."
Adventure
"Patience is the art of waiting without losing hope."
Patience
"Gratitude transforms the ordinary into the sacred."
Gratitude
"Beauty appears most clearly in what is disappearing."
Beauty
"Music is the mathematics of the soul."
Music
"Science seeks to understand; art seeks to express."
Science
"Faith is the acceptance of uncertainty with grace."
Faith
"Leadership is the ability to inspire self-doubt in others."
Leadership
"Work becomes meaningful only through love."
Work
"Dreams are the currency of the unconscious."
Dreams
"Humor reveals the absurdity beneath our pretensions."
Humor
"Death is the only thing we truly own."
Death
"Perseverance is the art of continuing when meaning fails."
Perseverance
"Nature speaks in metaphors we are only beginning to decode."
Nature
"Technology is neither good nor evil; it is a mirror of our nature."
Technology
"Politics is the art of the possible made visible."
Politics
"War is the failure of imagination."
War
"Motivation follows understanding, not the reverse."
Motivation
"Inspiration is what we call creation we do not understand."
Inspiration
"Relationships are the laboratory where we test our theories about life."
Relationships
"Money is frozen creativity."
Money
"Health is the silent foundation upon which all else rests."
Health
"Change is the only constant that humans resist."
Change
"Peace is not the absence of conflict but its transcendence."
Peace
"To understand history is to recognize the infinite repetition of human nature."
History