Ifs Quote by Fausto Cercignani

“If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present.” quote by Fausto Cercignani — Download Open image

“If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present.”

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Do not confuse fantasy with imagination; the former consumes itself in daydreaming, the latter stimulates creativity in the arts and in the sciences.

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As long as his strength permits, the poor mortal must always climb new mountains.

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It is certainly a good thing always to forgive with generosity, but it is no doubt just never to forget the wrongs received: they…

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We learn a lot from the mistakes of others, but even more from our own.

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Inner freedom demands the rejection of any imposition that injures our dignity.

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Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement.

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When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented.

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Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor.

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A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it.

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Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them.

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Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present.

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Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise.

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