More Quotes by José Saramago
Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.
Some people spend their entire lives reading but never get beyond reading the words on the page, they don't understand that the words are merely stepping stones placed across a fast-flowing river, and the reason they're there is so that we can reach the farther shore, it's the other side that matters...
No human being can achieve all he or she desires in this life except in dreams, so good night all.
In the end we discover the only condition for living is to die.
People live with the illusion that we have a democratic system, but it's only the outward form of one. In reality we live in a plutocracy, a government of the rich.
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered
Words that come from the heart are never spoken, they get caught in the throat and can only be read in ones's eyes.
If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.