...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.

Quote by Jorge Luis Borges

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Religion Quotes

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that...

I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that...

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

Art always opts for the individual, the concrete; art is not Platonic.

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

Like all those possessing a library, Aurelian was aware that he was guilty of not...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

I am almost sure to be blotted out by death, but sometimes I think it...

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

The central problem of novel-writing is causality.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

In general, every country has the language it deserves.

Man is the measure of all things.

Man is the measure of all things.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

To die for a religion is easier than to live it absolutely.

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of...

The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of...

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not...

In the order of literature, as in others, there is no act that is not...

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

The original is unfaithful to the translation.

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are...

To be immortal is commonplace; except for man, all creatures are immortal, for they are...

Life itself is a quotation.

Life itself is a quotation.

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

There is a concept that is the corrupter and destroyer of all others. I speak...

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

Writing is nothing more than a guided dream.

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

My undertaking is not difficult, essentially. I should only have to be immortal to carry...

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that...