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

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

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

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.

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.

Cheer up everyone, " he said, a new brightness to his voice. "Since we’re all going to die horribly anyway, what’s there to be worried about?

A book you finish reading is not the same book it was before you read it.

Do not grieve when something good ends, be glad that it happened.

Sharpen your sword daily, and let it serve your true master: YOU. You and the Master are one

The more instances we examine, and the more care we employ, the more assurance shall we acquire, that the enumeration, which we form from the whole, is complete and entire.

It's easy to get into an easy routine but the problem with that is you can tend to write the same song over and over again.

I dont care to be involved in the crash-landing unless I can be in on the take-off.

There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an angel's wings.

The myriad things are complete in us. There is no greater joy than to reflect on ourselves and become sincere.

If you're not adventurous, you're not really living, I think... especially in college.