“Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written!”
Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
Paulo Coelho's blog entry " My thoughts on S.O.P.A. http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2012/01/20/welcome-to-pirate-my-books/", 20 Januar 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2015. <br class="br">Context: As an author, I should be defending ‘intellectual property’, but I’m not. Pirates of the world, unite and pirate everything I’ve ever written!
“More is lost by indecision than wrong decision.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman
“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”
Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order
“We accept the love we think we deserve.”
Stephen Chbosky book The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Source: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
“Quiet people have the loudest minds.”
Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author
“The beauty you see in me is a reflection of you.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
Appears in Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981), "The Beauty"
Also attributed to Rumi (persian mystic and poet).
Rewards of Passion (Sheer Poetry) (1981)
“Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.”
Ernest Hemingway book The Garden of Eden
Marita in Ch. 11
Source: The Garden of Eden (1986)
“Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power.”
René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
“No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it.”
Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935) Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publisher and philosopher
Não há nenhuma ideia inteligente que possa ganhar aceitação geral sem ser misturada antes com um pouco de estupidez.
The Book of Disquietude, trans. Richard Zenith, text 104
“I'd woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
Source: The Book of Disquiet
“Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
A literatura é a maneira mais agradável de ignorar a vida.
Variant: To write is to forget. Literature is the pleasantest way of ignoring life.
Source: The Book of Disquietude, trans. Richard Zenith, text 116
“In order to understand, I destroyed myself.”
Fernando Pessoa book The Book of Disquiet
A Factless Autobiography, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006, p. 73
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Para compreender, destruí-me.
