Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
No one can ever write about anything that happened to him after he was twelve years old. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
To grow up requires a whole life but to become old one night is enough. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
The State always stands for swindling, intrigue, and privilege, and cannot stand for anything else. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to… — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image… — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
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… — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
Fascism was a counter-revolution against a revolution that never took place. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
“In provincia i segreti hanno vita breve. (In the countryside, secrets have a short lifespan).” — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
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… — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
