The most original sin is not the thinker's but the poet's.
Jose Bergamin

The novel is born of disillusionment; the poem, of despair.
Jose Bergamin

Theology is the logic of the Devil.
Jose Bergamin

There are no good or bad habits. All habits are, by definition, bad.
Jose Bergamin

There are those who dance to the rhythm that is played to them, those who only dance to their own rhythm, and those who don't dance at all.
Jose Bergamin

To be ready to fail is to be prepared for success.
Jose Bergamin

To be thirsty and to drink water is the perfection of sensuality rarely achieved. Sometimes you drink water; other times you are thirsty.
Jose Bergamin

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
Jose Bergamin

To sin offers repentance and forgiveness; not to sin offers only punishment.
Jose Bergamin

True art tries not to attract attention in order to be noticed.
Jose Bergamin

True solidarity is only possible among the solitary.
Jose Bergamin

Try not to turn your life into a race, least of all an obstacle race.
Jose Bergamin

We say of an animal that it is intelligent, and we say the same thing of a woman; but in neither case is it usually appropriate, clearly for very different reasons.
Jose Bergamin

When there is nothing to fear is the time to begin fearing everything.
Jose Bergamin

Who learns most from a good book is the author.
Jose Bergamin

You can hesitate before deciding, but not once the decision is made.
Jose Bergamin

You can say the opposite of something you've said but you can't do the opposite of something you've done.
Jose Bergamin