More Quotes by José Saramago
The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.
Strictly speaking, we do not make decisions. Decisions make us.
A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.
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.
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...
Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered
Men are angels born without wings, nothing could be nicer than to be born without wings and to make them grow.
There are such moments in life, when, in order for heaven to open, it is necessary for a door to close.
If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?
Each day is a little bit of history