José Saramago

“Inside us there is something that has no name, that something is what we are.”

“I think we are blind. Blind people who can see, but do not see.”

“The difficult thing isn't living with other people, it's understanding them.”

“Every second of life is a new and unique moment in the universe, a moment that will never be again.”

“If you can see, look. If you can look, observe.”

“Words were not given to man in order to conceal his thoughts.”

“Even a dead clock is right twice a day. After some years, it can boast of a long series of successes.”

“Human vocabulary is still not capable, and probably never will be, of knowing, recognizing, and communicating everything that can be humanly experienced and felt.”

“You are the only person who can save you.”

“We are the memory we have and the responsibility we assume.”

“What kind of world is this that can send machines to Mars and does nothing to stop the killing of a human being?”

“We have to be permanently criticizing, permanently judging and distinguishing what is just from what is unjust.”

“God is the silence of the universe, and man is the cry that gives meaning to that silence.”

“There are times when it is best to be content with what one has, so as not to lose everything.”

“Chaos is merely order waiting to be deciphered.”