Quote#Science & Reason
Changing from the ghosts of faith to the spectres of reason is just…
Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Book of Disquiet, Original: Passar dos fantasmas da fé para os espectros da razão é somente ser mudado de cela..
English (original)
Changing from the ghosts of faith to the spectres of reason is just changing cells.
— Fernando Pessoa
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Myth is the nothing that is everything.
Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.
Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo. Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram.
The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.
All beginnings are involuntary.
Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting