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 when real life will begin. And so life passes by. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we only have one life and we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the day that our real life will begin. And so life passes by. — 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
Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks. — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
“How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience.” — Ignazio Silone Copy Share Image
