Saramago

Novelist Portuguese 1922 – 2010

Portuguese novelist and Nobel Prize winner for Blindness.

391 quotes

"Creativity is rebellion against the limitations of thought."
Creativity
"Music is the language of the soul speaking to itself."
Music
"Faith is the courage to believe what reason cannot prove."
Faith
"Leadership is the responsibility to serve others first."
Leadership
"Dreams are the blueprints of what we might become."
Dreams
"Humor is wisdom disguised as laughter."
Humor
"Nature teaches us what we forgot to learn."
Nature
"Science is the language through which nature speaks."
Science
"Education is the key that opens every locked door."
Education
"War is the failure of every other human endeavor."
War
"Peace is not the absence of conflict but the presence of understanding."
Peace
"Literature mirrors the soul of civilization."
Literature
"Technology is a tool, not a master."
Technology
"History repeats itself until we finally learn its lesson."
History
"Philosophy begins when we dare to question everything."
Philosophy
"Politics is the art of making the impossible seem inevitable."
Politics
"Motivation comes not from external forces but from within ourselves."
Motivation
"Inspiration strikes those who are ready to receive it."
Inspiration
"Relationships are the mirrors in which we see ourselves."
Relationships
"Perseverance is the bridge between desire and achievement."
Perseverance
"The truth will always be revolutionary."
Truth
"To be human is to be perpetually becoming."
Life
"Love asks nothing but asks for everything."
Love
"The burden of wisdom is knowing what to do with it."
Wisdom
"Happiness is not a destination but a practice."
Happiness
"Real success is leaving the world better than you found it."
Success
"A true friend asks nothing but gives everything."
Friendship
"Family teaches us first what love means."
Family
"Hope is the last thing that dies in the human heart."
Hope
"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."
Courage