"There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesnâ€™t exist."

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Source : Fernando Pessoa (2007). “The Selected Prose of Fernando Pessoa”, p.282, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Fernando Pessoa

#People Quotes #Norm Quotes #Exception Quotes

“God's sovereignty does not negate our responsibility to pray, but rather makes it possible for us to pray with confidence.”
“My mind was once the true survey Of all these meadows fresh and gay; And in the greenness of the grass Did see its hopes as in a glass.”
“Life is apogee, apex, decline; life is death - and everything else is open to discussion.”
“If it weren't for music, I would think that love is mortal.”
“The biggest mischief in the past century has been perpetrated by Rousseau with his doctrine of the goodness of human nature. The mob and the intellectuals derived from it the vision of a Golden Age which would arrive without fail once the noble human race could act according to its whims.”
“On every level of life, from housework to heights of prayer, in all judgment and efforts to get things done, hurry and impatience are sure marks of the amateur.”
“The idea that you make an experience that requires a conversation in a public place is training for the fact that culture is collective.”
“I think my career will end too early for me to go to Mars, though I might be involved in preparing the next generation to go. I'd love to explore Mars, but, ultimately, it's kind of a crappy planet. The thing is, Mars One people would never go outside without a spacesuit ever again. You're going to live in a tin can. Space stations are noisy; it's like living inside a computer with the fan on all the time. You're never going to smell grass or trees. It's just never going to be anything like Earth. You're never going to swim. You're giving up so much.”

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