I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work.
Interpretation
Prioritizing meaningful experiences over frequent travel can enhance one's productivity and creativity.
In this quote, José Saramago emphasizes the importance of intentionality in our choices, particularly in relation to travel and work. He suggests that rather than traveling for the sake of it, one should choose destinations that contribute significantly to their creative or professional endeavors, thereby allowing for deeper engagement and productivity in their work.
In practice
In a speech about work-life balance, one might say, 'As Jose Saramago wisely noted, I am traveling less to write more, reminding us to prioritize our creative work.'
Why did we become blind, I don't know, perhaps one day we'll find out, Do you want me to tell you what I think, Yes, do, I don't think we did go blind, I think we are blind, Blind but seeing, Blind people who can see, but do not see.
I can't imagine myself outside any kind of social or political involvement. Yes, I'm a writer, but I live in this world, and my writing doesn't exist on a separate level. And if people know who I am and read my books, well, good; that way, if I have something more to say, then everyone benefits.
...you have to leave the island in order to see the island, that we can't see ourselves unless we become free of ourselves, Unless we escape from ourselves you mean, No, that's not the same thing.
Whether we like it or not, the one justification for the existence of all religions is death, they need death as much as we need bread to eat.
With the passage of time, as well as the social evolution and genetic exchange, we ended up putting our conscience in the color of our blood and the salt of our tears.
En ningún momento de la historia, en ningún lugar del planeta, las religiones han servido para que los seres humanos se acerquen unos a los otros. Por el contrario, sólo han servido para separar, para quemar, para torturar. No creo en dios, no lo necesito y además soy buena persona.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
No amount of ability is of the slightest avail without honor.
He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.
Alas," said Aslan, shaking his head. "It will. Things always work according to their nature. She has won her heart's desire; she has unwearying strength and endless days like a goddess. But length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery and already she begins to know it. All get what they want; they do not always like it.
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
You must not talk about 'ain't and can't' when you speak of this great wonderful world round you, of which the wisest man knows only the very smallest corner, and is, as the great Sir Isaac Newton said, only a child picking up pebbles on the shore of a boundless ocean.
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