“relinquishment is prerequisite to fulfillment”
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“Against destiny I fulfilled my duty.
Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.”
Fernando Pessoa book Mensagem
Poem "D. Duarte", verses 5-6
Message
Original: Cumpri contra o Destino o meu dever.
Inutilmente? Não, porque o cumpri.
“No one fulfills himself fully. What is fulfilling oneself? Advancing as one can.”
Alejandro Jodorowsky (1929) Filmmaker and comics writer
Psychomagic: The Transformative Power of Shamanic Psychotherapy (2010)
“The sea is fulfilled, and the Empire fell apart.
Lord, Portugal must yet fulfill itself!”
Fernando Pessoa book Mensagem
Poem "O Infante", verses 11-12
Message
Original: Cumpriu-se o Mar, e o Império se desfez.
Senhor, falta cumprir-se Portugal!
Paulo Freire (1921–1997) educator and philosopher
Source: Pedagogia do oprimido (Pedagogy of the Oppressed) (1968, English trans. 1970), Chapter 4, Divide and Rule
Zbigniew Brzeziński (1928–2017) Polish-American political scientist
PBS NewsHour, October 26, 2006 PBS Newshour http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/july-dec06/iraq_10-25.html (2006). On the "benchmarks" used by George W. Bush.
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830–1916) Austrian writer
Unerreichbare Wünsche werden als »fromm« bezeichnet. Man scheint anzunehmen, dass nur die profanen in Erfüllung gehen.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 27.
Martin Buber (1878–1965) German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian
Source: Between Man and Man (1965), p. 178 -->
“We socialists are freer because we are more fulfilled; we are more fulfilled because we are freer.”
Ernesto Che Guevara (1928–1967) Argentine Marxist revolutionary
Man and Socialism in Cuba (1965)
Context: We socialists are freer because we are more fulfilled; we are more fulfilled because we are freer. The skeleton of our complete freedom is already formed. The flesh and the clothing are lacking; we will create them.
