Fernando Pessoa Quotes

A collection of quotes by Fernando Pessoa.

Fernando Pessoa (1888-1935) was a Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher. Considered one of the most significant literary figures of the 20th century, Pessoa is known for his innovative and experimental writing style. He wrote in various heteronyms, creating different poetical voices within his works, which allowed him to explore different perspectives and identities. His renowned works include "The Book of Disquiet" and a significant body of unpublished writings. Pessoa's introspective and existential themes have been highly influential, making him a prominent figure in Portuguese and world literature.

Convicções profundas só as têm as criaturas superficiais

Convicções profundas só as têm as criaturas superficiais. Os que não reparam para as coisas quase que as veem apenas para não esbarrar com elas, esses são sempre da mesma opinião, são os íntegros e os coerentes. A política e a religião gastam dessa lenha, e é por isso que ardem tão mal entre a Verdade e a Vida.

Fernando Pessoa

Inspirational Character

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one

There are ships sailing to many ports, but not a single one goes where life is not painful.

Fernando Pessoa

Life Pain Ships

It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended.

It's in an inland sea that the river of my life ended.

Fernando Pessoa

Life

Time, which grays hair and wrinkles faces, also withers viol

Time, which grays hair and wrinkles faces, also withers violent affections, and much more quickly.

Fernando Pessoa

Time Love

Since I wasn't able to leave a succession of beautiful lies,

Since I wasn't able to leave a succession of beautiful lies, I want to leave the smidgen of truth that the falsehood of everything lets us suppose we can tell.

Fernando Pessoa

Truth

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.

Look, there's no metaphysics on earth like chocolates.

Fernando Pessoa

Valentinesday

To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scrupl

To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.

Fernando Pessoa

Life

To be great, be whole;Exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing th

To be great, be whole;Exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you.Be whole in everything. Put all you areInto the smallest thing you do.So, in each lake, the moon shines with splendorBecause it blooms up above.

Fernando Pessoa

Life Poetry Inspirational Poem

Through an experience that simultaneously involved my sensib

Through an experience that simultaneously involved my sensibility and intelligence, I realized early on that the imaginative life, however morbid it might seem, is the one that suits temperaments like mine. The fictions of my imagination (as it later developed) may weary me, but they don't hurt or humiliate. Impossible lovers can't cheat on us, or smile at us falsely, or be calculating in their caresses. They never forsake us, and they don't die or disappear. --The book of Disquiet

Fernando Pessoa

Imagination Love

To have opinions is to sell out to yourself. To have no opin

To have opinions is to sell out to yourself. To have no opinion is to exist. To have every opinion is to be a poet.

Fernando Pessoa

Wisdom Life Inspirational

Success consists in being successful, not in having potentia

Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.

Fernando Pessoa

Success