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> [On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/on-a-group-of-theories-one-can-found-a-school-but-on-a-group-of/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

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## More by Ignazio Silone

> [No one can ever write about anything that happened to him after he was twelve years old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/no-one-can-ever-write-about-anything-that-happened-to-him-after-he/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/to-grow-up-requires-a-whole-life-but-to-become-old-one-night-is-enough/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [The State always stands for swindling, intrigue, and privilege, and cannot stand for anything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/the-state-always-stands-for-swindling-intrigue-and-privilege-and/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/liberty-is-the-possibility-of-doubting-the-possibility-of-making-a/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/destiny-is-the-invention-of-the-cowardly-and-the-resigned/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/an-earthquake-achieves-what-the-law-promises-but-does-not-in-practice/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/i-would-willingly-pass-my-life-writing-and-re-writing-the-same-book/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we have only one life and that we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the day…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/sometimes-i-m-haunted-by-the-thought-that-we-have-only-one-life-and/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/fascism-was-a-counter-revolution-against-a-revolution-that-never-took/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [“In provincia i segreti hanno vita breve. (In the countryside, secrets have a short lifespan).”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/in-provincia-i-segreti-hanno-vita-breve-in-the-countryside-secrets/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [Liberty isn't a thing you are given as a present. You can be a free man under a dictatorship. It is sufficient if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/liberty-isn-t-a-thing-you-are-given-as-a-present-you-can-be-a-free/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/the-final-conflict-will-be-between-the-communists-and-the-ex/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/spiritual-life-and-secure-life-do-not-go-together-to-save-oneself-on/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [“How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/how-pitiful-is-an-intelligence-used-only-to-make-excuses-to-quieten/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

> [A wrong war brings wrong; so does a right war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ignazio-silone/a-wrong-war-brings-wrong-so-does-a-right-war/)

[Ignazio Silone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ignazio-silone/)

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