He thought that the rose was to be found in its own eternity and not in his words; and that we may mention or allude to a thing, but not express it.
JORGE LUIS BORGESHe thought that the rose was to be found in its own eternity and not in his words; and that we may mention or allude to a thing, but not express it.
JORGE LUIS BORGESEach thing implies the universe.
JORGE LUIS BORGESNo one is anyone, one single immortal man is all men. Like Cornelius Agrippa, I am god, I am hero, I am philosopher, I am demon and I am world, which is a tedious way of saying that I do not exist.
JORGE LUIS BORGESI would rather like to think of God as being a kind of adventurer – even as Wells thought about him – or perhaps as something within us making for some unknown purpose.
JORGE LUIS BORGESSo plant your own gardens and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers.
JORGE LUIS BORGESLoneliness does not worry me; life is difficult enough, putting up with yourself and with your own habits.
JORGE LUIS BORGESThe minotaur more than justifies the existence of the labyrinth.
JORGE LUIS BORGESA writer’s work is the product of laziness.
JORGE LUIS BORGESNothing is built on stone; all is built on sand, but we must build as if the sand were stone.
JORGE LUIS BORGESThe mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.
JORGE LUIS BORGESThe mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.
JORGE LUIS BORGESThe central fact of my life has been the existence of words and the possibility of weaving those words into poetry.
JORGE LUIS BORGESFrom my weakness, I drew strength that never left me.
JORGE LUIS BORGESWhat will die with me when I die, what pathetic or fragile form will the world lose?
JORGE LUIS BORGESWe have a very precise image – an image at times shameless – of what we have lost, but we are ignorant of what may follow or replace it.
JORGE LUIS BORGESI think most people are more important than their opinions.
JORGE LUIS BORGES