Poetry Quote by Fernando Pessoa — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Ah, the freshness in the face of leaving a task undone!”

“A tree's shade is worth more than the knowledge of truth, my sons, for a tree's shade is true while it lasts, and the knowledge of truth is false in its very truth. The leaves' greenness is worth more, for a right understanding, than a great thought, for the leaves, greenness is something you can show others, but you can never show them a great thought. We are born without knowing how to talk and we die without having known how to express ourselves. Our life runs its course between the silence of one who cannot speak and the silence of one who wasn't understood, and around it hovers — like a bee where there are no flowers — a useless, inscrutable destiny.”

“To be great, be whole;”

“Lord, may the pain be ours, And the weakness that it brings, But at least give us the strength, Of not showing it to anyone!”

“We, all who live, have”

“المرآة تعكس بدقة متناهية دون أن تخطئ ابداَ . لأنها وبكل بساطة لا تفكر”

“The poem is a little myth of man's capacity of making life meaningful.”

“Oh! That was poetry!" said Pippin. "Do you really mean to start before the break of day?”

“Only the very weak-minded refuse to be influenced by literature and poetry.”

“We were strange in love”

“Firm was my resolve”

“Hey you, dragging the halo-”