All beginnings are involuntary

Quote byFernando Pessoa · 1888–1935

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Message, Original: Todo começo é involuntário..

English (original)

All beginnings are involuntary.

— Fernando Pessoa

Clear in thinking, and clear in feeling, and clear in wanting

Myth is the nothing that is everything.

Começo a conhecer-me. Não existo. Sou o intervalo entre o que desejo ser e os outros me fizeram.

Against destiny I fulfilled my duty . Uselessly? No, for I fulfilled it.

The Gods sell when they give. Glory is paid for with disgrace. Poor are the happy, for they are Just what passes.

Faithful to the word given and the idea had. All else is up to God!