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To have defined and sure opinions, fixed and known instincts, passions and character all that is the horror of turning our soul into a fact, materialize it and make it external.
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To have defined and sure opinions, fixed and known instincts, passions and character — all that is the horror of turning our soul into a fact, materialize it and make it external.
fernando pessoa— Original: Ter opiniões definidas e certas, instintos, paixões e carácter fixo e conhecido — tudo isto monta ao horror de tornar a nossa alma num facto, de a materializar e tornar exterior.
— Ibid., p. 413<?--Assírio & Alvim, 2008-->
— As quoted in Os Grandes Trechos, Richard Zenith Edition, Lisbon, 2006, p. 413
For example: (1) As if governed by Newton's First Law of Motion, an institution will resist any change in its current direction; (2) Just as work expands to fill available time, corporate projects or acquisitions will materialize to soak up available funds; (3) Any business craving of the leader, however foolish, will be quickly supported by detailed rate-of-return and strategic studies prepared by his troops; and (4) The behavior of peer companies, whether they are expanding, acquiring, setting executive compensation or whatever, will be mindlessly imitated.
warren buffett— 1989 Chairman's Letter
"For people, 'here' signifies not merely a physical space, but also an historical space." "Those who are served by the present limit-situation regard the untested feasibility as a threatening limit-situation which must not be allowed to materialize, and act to maintain the status quo."
paulo freire— Chapter 3, on the oppressive status quo
Your dream is a reality that is just waiting for you to materialize it!
steve maraboli— p. 28 (Life, the Truth, and Being Free (2010))
