Tag Archives: Jorge Luis Borges

Thought For the Day: All That Happens To Us, Including Our Humiliations, Our Misfortunes, Our Embarrassments, All Is Given To Us As Raw Material, As Clay, So That We May Shape Our Art

Posted on August 26, 2025 by alohapromisesforever

“All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we may shape our art.” – Jorge Luis Borges

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Thought For the Day: To Fall In Love Is To Create A Religion That Has A Fallible God

Posted on August 24, 2020 by alohapromisesforever

“To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.” – Jorge Luis Borges, writer (24 Aug 1899-1986)

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Thought For the Day: All Life Consists of The Moment One Finds Out Who He Is

Posted on February 11, 2018 by alohapromisesforever

“Any life, no matter how long and complex it may be, is made up of a single moment — the moment in which a man finds out, once and for all, who he is.” – Jorge Luis Borges, writer (1899-1986) … Continue reading →

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Thought For the Day: Our Lives Are the Clay From Which We Create

Posted on August 24, 2017 by alohapromisesforever

“A writer — and, I believe, generally all persons — must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have been given to us for a purpose, and an artist must feel this more intensely. … Continue reading →

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