Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) “Doubt is faith in the main: but faith, on the whole, is doubt: We cannot believe by proof: but could we believe without?” The Higher Pantheism in a Nutshell, st. 3 “Two and two may be…
Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645) “Cuando decimos que todo tiempo pasado fue mejor, condenamos el porvenir sin conocerlo.” (When we say that all past times were better, we condemn the future without knowing it.) “Donde hay poca justicia, es un peligro…
Cristoforo Colombo (1451-1506) “La fortuna sorride solo a chi crede nel futuro!” (Luck only smiles on those who believe in the future!) “Luce e ombra sono due lati della stessa medaglia… Una non può fare a meno dell’altra… Sono indissolubili.”…
Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) “On rencontre sa destinée souvent par les chemins qu’on prend pour l’éviter.” (We often meet our destiny on the road we take to avoid it.)
Charles Bukowski (1920-1994) “Find what you love and let it kill you.” “Let it drain from you your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness. Let it kill you, and let it devour…
Albert Camus (1913-1960) “Il n’y a qu’un problème philosophique vraiment sérieux : c’est le suicide. Juger que la vie vaut ou ne vaut pas la peine d’être vécue, c’est répondre à la question fondamentale de la philosophie. Le reste, si…
Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) “Un muerto en España está más vivo como muerto que en ningún sitio del mundo.” (A dead man in Spain is more alive than a dead man anywhere in the world.) Poeta en Nueva York “Verte…
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) “To go wrong in one’s own way is better than to go right in someone else’s.” Crime and Punishment “Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep heart. The really great men…
William Faulkner (1897-1962) “Your illusions are a part of you like your bones and flesh and memory.” Absalom, Absalom! “…I give you the mausoleum of all hope and desire… I give it to you not that you may remember time,…
Miguel de Unamuno (1864-1936) “Sólo el que ensaya lo absurdo es capaz de conquistar lo imposible.” (Only he who attempts the absurd is able to conquer the impossible.) Del sentimiento trágico de la vida “La vida es duda, y la…