The history of mankind is the history of our misunderstandings with god, for he doesn't understand us, and we don't understand him.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the fundamental misunderstandings between humanity and the divine, suggesting a gap in communication and comprehension on both sides.
Jose Saramago's quote highlights the complexity of the relationship between humans and the divine, positing that misunderstandings are at the core of this relationship. It suggests that both humans and God grapple with a lack of understanding regarding each other's nature, which has led to a complicated and often conflict-ridden history. By pointing out this mutual misunderstanding, Saramago invites reflection on how humanity perceives divinity and its own existence, urging a deeper exploration of faith and connection.
In practice
In a discussion about faith and belief, one might say, 'As Saramago pointed out, the history of mankind often reflects our misunderstandings with God.'
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.
No being can be what he is unless he is putting his essence into action in his field.
One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day it pursues its enemies. It is cunning and ruthless, it sends its bloodhounds everywhere. By night it feeds on images of disaster: the sack of cities, the rape of populations, pyramids of bones, acres of desolation.
The armies of the day have chased the army of the night, Heaven and earth are filled with purity and light.
When a golden girl can win Prayer from out the lips of sin, When the barren almond bears, And a little child gives away its tears, Then shall all the house be still And peace come to Canterville.
According to the estimate of a prominent advertising firm, above 90 per cent, of the earning capacity of the prominent nostrums is represented by their advertising. And all this advertising is based on the well-proven theory of the public's pitiable ignorance and gullibility in the vitally important matter of health.
Each suicidal drama occurs in the mind of a unique individual.
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