“ In exceptional circumstances — exceptional in that all circumstances in life are exceptional, especially those which are nothing in themselves and come to be everything in their results. Álvaro de Campos
“ And the idea of nothingness — the most terrifying of all ideas, when thought of with feeling — has, in my dear master’s work and in my memories of him, something as high and luminous as sunlight upon… Álvaro de Campos
“ Do I believe a thing has limits!? Of course! Nothing exists that doesn’t have limits. Existence means there’s always something else, and so everything has limits. Why is it so hard to conceive that a… Álvaro de Campos
“ Superior poets say what they really feel. Mediocre poets say what they decide to feel. Inferior poets say what they think they should feel. Álvaro de Campos
“ Despite our human intelligence, we are very much like our friends in the wild; the world we live in is a survival of the fittest. But to this I say, let the fittest survive! Survival is overrated. We’… A.J. Darkholme
“ One may suffer the long-term in order to grow in appreciation for the small things. For in short-term suffering, one only notices the large. Criss Jami
“ This is why introductions are important--because in the beginning, despite the fact that we already believe we know what it means, there's a chance that over time the definition will change from one t… Andrew Kendall
“ When I’m depressed, I read Caeiro — he’s my fresh air. I become very calm, content, faithful — yes, I find faith in God, and in the soul’s transcendent living smallness, after reading the poems by tha… Álvaro de Campos
“ The Amorous Shepherd is a fruitless interlude, but those few poems are among the world’s greatest love poems, because they’re love poems about love, not about being poems. The poet loves because he lo… Álvaro de Campos
“ A translator, caught in the space between two tongues. Such people tend to come a little bit unglued from the task of trying to convey meaning from one code to the other. The transfer is never safe, t… Elena Mauli Shapiro
“ Life truly is what you make it. The purpose and meaning of life is the purpose and meaning that you give it. Steven Redhead
“ The true meaning and purpose of life is to give some meaning and purpose to your life. Steven Redhead
“ Look everywhere. There are miracles and curiosities to fascinate and intrigue for many lifetimes:the intricacies of nature and everything in the world and universe around us from the miniscule to the… Jay Woodman
“ At least tell me you won? And that the scratches and dings were totally worth it." "Of course. They're always worth it," he says with a hidden meaning that only the two of us could ever understand. Jessica Sorensen
“ Was Du erlebst, kann keine Macht der Welt Dir rauben. (What you have experienced, no power on earth can take from you.) Not only our experiences, but all we have done, whatever great thoughts we may h… Viktor E. Frankl
“ We want to hear the story first and let the meaning unfold, rather than to be present with expectations of a certain significance into which all behavior is then fitted. Erving Polster
“ Life isn’t fair. It doesn’t make sense. This unfairness is felt by everyone, from the Las Vegas tunnel dweller all the way to the executive in the high-rise. To some, these “unfair” experiences become… John-Talmage Mathis
“ Isn't it true that there is a rare kind of person who perceives, as does a good dog, that life is doing something meaningful, and who discovers what it is and goes about doing it with a spirit of mode… Padgett Powell
