Rafael

“But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower animals, are of any value or at all trustworthy. Would any one trust in the convictions of a monkey's mind, if there are any convictions in such a mind?
[To William Graham 3 July 1881]”
― Charles Darwin

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that but the really great make you feel that you too can become great. When you are seeking to bring big plans to fruition it is important with whom you regularly associate. Hang out with friends who are like-minded and who are also designing purpose-filled lives. Similarly be that kind of a friend for your friends.”
― Mark Twain

“A ideia de que nossa natureza humana seja um tormento me parece a mais correta de todas as descrições da vida. Sei que muita gente julga essa visão ultrapassada, mas sinto um prazer todo especial em ser ultrapassado num mundo superficial como o nosso. Por que superficial? Porque parasitado por engenharias para a felicidade. Somos escravos da felicidade, mas é a infelicidade que nos torna humanos.”
― Luiz Felipe Pondé, Contra um Mundo Melhor: Ensaios do Afeto

“The metaphor is perhaps the most fruitful power of man. Its efficacy verges on magic, and it seems a tool for creation which God forgot inside one of His creatures when He made him.”
― José Ortega y Gasset