I saw all the mirrors on earth and none of them reflected me. Jorge Luis Borges More Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges More Quotes From Jorge Luis Borges I think that the reader should enrich what he is reading. He should misunderstand the text; he should change it into something else. Jorge Luis Borges readingshouldthinking I had always thought of Paradise / In form and image as a library. Jorge Luis Borges libraryparadisebook It means much to have loved, to have been happy, to have laid my hand on the living Garden, even for a day. Jorge Luis Borges gardenmeanhands I believe books will never disappear. It is impossible for it to happen. Of all man's diverse tools, undoubtedly the most astounding are his books... If books were to disappear, history would disappear. So would man. Jorge Luis Borges motivationalinspirationalbelieve He consorted with prostitutes and poets...and with persons even worse. Jorge Luis Borges poetpersons We are as ignorant of the meaning of the dragon as we are of the meaning of the universe. Jorge Luis Borges ignorantuniversedragons The word happiness exists in every language; it is plausible the thing itself exists. Jorge Luis Borges plausiblelanguage What a writer wants to do is not what he does. Jorge Luis Borges doewantwriting I thought that a man can be an enemy of other men, of the moments of other men, but not of a country: not of fireflies, words, gardens, streams of water, sunsets. Jorge Luis Borges sunsetfireflycountry We 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 Borges shamelessignorantmay Whoever would undertake some atrocious enterprise should act as if it were already accomplished should impose upon himself a future as irrevocable as the past. Jorge Luis Borges accomplishedshouldpast In adultery, there is usually tenderness and self-sacrifice; in murder, courage; in profanation and blasphemy, a certain satanic splendour. Judas elected those offences unvisited by any virtues: abuse of confidence and informing. Jorge Luis Borges abusesacrificeself A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is even stronger in the case of the artist. Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one's art. One must accept it. Jorge Luis Borges menbelieveart He was very religious; he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety. Jorge Luis Borges religioussecretprayer It also occurred to him that throughout history, humankind has told two stories: the story of a lost ship sailing the Mediterranean seas in quest of a beloved isle, and the story of a god who allows himself to be crucified on Golgotha. Jorge Luis Borges sailingseatwo The future is as irrevocable as an inflexible yesterday. Jorge Luis Borges irrevocablefutureyesterday 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 Borges eternityrosemay His life, measured in space and time, will take up a mere few lines, which my ignorance will abbreviate further. Jorge Luis Borges linesspaceignorance We forget that we are all dead men conversing with dead men. Jorge Luis Borges conversationforgetmen My advanced age has taught me the resignation of being Borges. Jorge Luis Borges borgestaughtage
