“Somewhere in the infinite that He occupies, God advances and withdraws the pawns of the other games He plays, but it is too soon to worry about this one, all He need do for the present is allow things to take their natural course, apart from the occasional adjustment with the tip of His little finger to make sure some stray thought or action does not interfere with the harmony of destinies.” NeedsLittlesDoePlayActionCoursesGamesNaturalDestinyWorryHarmonyInfiniteFingersInterfereOccasionalAdjustmentPawns Author:Jose Saramago
“Today's bread does not eliminate yesterday's hunger, much less that of tomorrow.” DoeTodayTomorrowHungerYesterdayBread Author:Jose Saramago
“I believe myself to be the type of person who does not complicate his life. I have always lived my life without dramatizing things, whether the good things that have happened to me or the bad. I simply live those moments.” BelievePersonsDoeMomentsI BelieveHappenedTypeGood Things Author:Jose Saramago
“I always ask two questions: How many countries have military bases in the United States? And in how many countries does the United States not have military bases?” DoeTwoCountryStatesAsksUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryBasesMilitary Bases Author:Jose Saramago
“What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?” WorldHumansKindDoeHuman BeingsMachinesKillingMarsColonizing Mars Author:Jose Saramago
“Not only does the universe have its own laws, all of them indifferent to the contradictory dreams and desires of humanity, and in the formulation of which we contribute not one iota, apart, that is, from the words by which we clumsily name them, but everything seems to indicate that it uses these laws for aims and objectives that transcend and always will transcend our understanding.” DoeUseDreamSeemsLawDesireHumanityUniverseNamesUnderstandingAimObjectivesIndifferentContradictory Author:Jose Saramago
“Just as the habit does not make the monk, the sceptre does not make the king.” DoeKingsHabitMonk Author:Jose Saramago
“If I'm sincere today, what does it matter if I regret it tomorrow?” IfsDoeMatterTodayRegretTomorrowSincereI RegretDoes It Matter Author:Jose Saramago
“The only miracle we can perform is to go on living, said the woman, to preserve the fragility of life from day to day, as if it were blind and did not know where to go, and perhaps it is like that, perhaps it really does not know, it placed itself in our hands, after giving us intelligence.” IfsKnowsGivingDoeSaidHandsGoes OnMiracleBlindPreservesDay To DayFragilityFragility Of Life Author:Jose Saramago
