Fascism rewarded jackasses in uniform. Democracy gives privileges to those in sports' gear. In Italy, political regimes come to pass. Jackasses remain. Triumphant.

Democracy is always, by nature and constitution, the triumph of mediocrity.

The love of power excludes all others.

You give Italy Jesus Christ and you get the Roman Catholic Church.

Pertini has interpreted as their best the worst about Italians.

Cynics are all moralists, and merciless too.

An Italian university is a contradiction in terms.

Which ever one of you will want to become a journalist, let him remember to choose his own master: the reader.

Servitude, in many cases, is not forced upon by the masters, but a temptation of the servants.

Politicians do nothing but ask of us, during every expiration of a legal statute, "a gesture of trust." But here trust is not enough; what's needed is an act of faith.

I know many crooks and they never preach, but I don't know anyone who preaches that isn't a crook also.

The land, that thou see now to have root, shall thou see wasted suddenly.

The mind, just like the body, becomes exactly what it is fed. While the body is nourished by food, the mind is nourished by thoughts.

Because we are always growing, life compounds and magnifies what is already in us.

Don't imprison yourself through self-doubt. Break out of your self-imposed prison with intentional action.

The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

I believe that the great painters with their intellect as master have attempted to force this unwilling medium of paint and canvas into a record of their emotions.

I love very much to draw animals.

I don't just pray for God to open doors, I also pray for God to close doors.

Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.

You're either going to walk through life and experience it fully or you're going to be a voyeur. And I'm not a voyeur.