Fausto Cercignani Quotes & Sayings

It is certainly a good thing always to forgive with generosity, but it is no doubt just never to forget the wrongs received: they belong to the route that leads to inner maturity. — Fausto Cercignani

If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present. — Fausto Cercignani

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

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

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

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

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

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

Once I believed that sooner or later I would come across a really wise person; today I couldn't even say what wisdom is. — Fausto Cercignani

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

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

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

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

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

Your will cannot always choose the path; very often the route is determined by chance or by the will of others. — Fausto Cercignani