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Quote by Jose Saramago

“Your questions are false if you already know the answer.”

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Portuguese writer known for his unique narrative style and profound philosophical reflections. His notable works include 'The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis' and 'Blindness'. more

“When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where. Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real, all else is unreal.”

Source: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth

“The seeker after truth should be humbler than the dust. The world crushes the dust under its feet, but the seeker after truth should so humble himself that even the dust could crush him. Only then, and not till then, will he have a glimpse of truth.”

World Should Wise Feet Humility Humble Dust Crush Glimpse Seekers

Book:Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Source: Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth

“Let us be honest: most of us rather like our cats to have a streak of wickedness. I should not feel quite easy in the company of any cat that walked around the house with a saintly expression.”

Feels Should House Easy Company Honest Expression Cat Being Honest Wickedness Kitten Streaks Pets Cats

Book:Cats' A. B. C.

Source: Cats' A. B. C.

“It may be that when we no longer know... which way to go we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.”

Knows Way Mind May Real Journey Streams Employed Baffled Which Way To Go

Author:Wendell Berry

“Tell me the story, Pew. . . . It was a woman. You always say that. There's always a woman somewhere, child; a princess, a witch, a stepmother, a mermaid, a fairy godmother, or one as wicked as she is beautiful, or as beautiful as she is good. Is that the complete list? Then there is the woman you love. Who's she? That's another story.”

Children Stories Beautiful Women Beauty Lists Fairy Wicked Witch Princess Mermaid Godmother Stepmothers Fairy Godmother She Is Beautiful

Book:Lighthousekeeping

Source: Lighthousekeeping

“When you have wisdom that another person knows that he needs, you give it freely. But when the other person doesn't yet know that he needs your wisdom you keep it to yourself. Food only looks good to a hungry man.”

Knows Men Needs Giving Looks Persons Hungry Need You Hungry Man

Author:Orson Scott Card

“I would give a woman not more rights, but more privileges. Instead of sending her to seek such freedom as notoriously prevails in banks and factories, I would design specially a house in which she can be free.”

Giving House Rights Design Privilege Factories

Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton

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