Ibid., p. 27.
The Gist of Art (1939)
“Youthfulness is about how you live not when you were born.”
“the day you were born, you were born free. That is your privilege.”
Lyrics, Make Yourself (1999)
Source: Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential
“You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.”
“If you cannot live alone, you were born a slave.”
Ibid.
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Se te é impossível viver só, nasceste escravo.
“You only live twice:
Once when you are born
And once when you look death in the face.”
Source: You Only Live Twice (1964), Ch. 11 : Anatomy Class
“Freedom is the possibility of isolation… If you can't live alone, you were born a slave.”
A liberdade é a possibilidade do isolamento... Se te é impossível viver só, nasceste escravo.
The Book of Disquietude, trans. Richard Zenith, text 283
“You have no birthday because you have always lived; you were never born, and never will die.”
There's No Such Place As Far Away (1978)
Context: You have no birthday because you have always lived; you were never born, and never will die. You are not the child of the people you call mother and father, but their fellow-adventurer on a bright journey to understand the things that are.
