Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
And we, inhabitants of the great coral of the Cosmos, believe the atom (which still we cannot see) to be full matter,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at, but neither does he hate it. Therefore, laughing at evil means… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
To escape the power of the unknown, to prove to yourself that you don't believe in it, you accept its spells. Like… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“I believe all sin, love, glory are this: when you slide down the knotted sheets, escaping from Gestapo headquarters, and she hugs… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Thus we have on stage two men, each of whom knows nothing of what he believes the other knows, and to deceive… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
If two things don't fit, but you believe both of them, thinking that somewhere, hidden, there must be a third thing that… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Rem tene, verba sequentur: grasp the subject, and the words will follow. This, I believe, is the opposite of what happens with… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
When we traded the results of our fantasies, it seemed to us-and rightly-that we had proceeded by unwarranted associations, by shortcuts so… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Not that the incredulous person doesn't believe in anything. It's just that he doesn't believe in everything. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
You’ll come back To me . . . It’s written in the stars, you see, you’ll come back. You’ll come back, it’s… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
But why doesn't the Gospel ever say that Christ laughed?" I asked, for no good reason. "Is Jorge right?" "Legions of scholars… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“Man's principle trait is a readiness to believe anything. Otherwise, how could the Church have survived for almost two thousand years in… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
When men stop believing in God, it isn't that they then believe in nothing: they believe in everything. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“...we can only add to the world, where we believe it ends, more parts similar to those we already know (an expanse… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
"You cannot believe what you are saying." "Well, no. Hardly ever. But the philosopher is like the poet. The latter composes ideal… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I don't know, maybe we're always looking for the right place, maybe it's within reach, but we don't recognize it. Maybe to… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
At most, recognizing that our history was inspired by many tales we now recognize as false should make us alert, ready to… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
But now I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I wrote a novel because I had a yen to do it. I believe this is sufficient reason to set out to… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I have a good memory. But I would be interested in memory even if I had a bad memory, because I believe… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
What did I really think fifteen years ago? A nonbeliever, I felt guilty in the midst of all those believers. And since… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“And when someone suggests you believe in a proposition, you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable, because our… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I believe that you can reach the point where there is no longer any difference between developing the habit of pretending to… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
I think that at a certain age, say fifteen or sixteen, poetry is like masturbation. But later in life good poets burn their early… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Followers of the occult believe in only what they already know, and in those things that confirm what they have already learned. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“This has nothing to do with realism (even if it explains also realism). A completely real world can be constructed, in which asses fly… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“…there’s nothing in this world that demands more caution than the truth. To tell the truth is like leeching one’s own heart...” — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The book is like the spoon, scissors, the hammer, the wheel. Once invented, it cannot be improved. You cannot make a spoon that is… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
“No algorithm exists for the metaphor, nor can a metaphor be produced by means of a computer’s precise instructions, no matter what the volume… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
With all of its defects, the global market makes war less likely, even between the USA and China. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation. — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
American coffee can be a pale solution served at a temperature of 100 degrees centigrade in plastic thermos cups, usually obligatory in railroad stations… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
Listening doesn't mean trying to understand. Anything, however trifling, may be of use one day. What matters is to know something that others don't… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
They say that a cat, if it falls from a window and hits its nose, can lose its sense of smell and then, because… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
