Fausto Cercignani Professions : Poet Born : March 21, 1941 Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by Fausto Cercignani Unlike money, hope is all: for the rich as well as for the poor. Fausto Cercignani rich poor hope When you would suffocate or ignore dissent, remember how many times you dissented. Fausto Cercignani dissent liberty remember Your identity is like your shadow: not always visible and yet always present. Fausto Cercignani shadow like-you identity A secret remains a secret until you make someone promise never to reveal it. Fausto Cercignani remains secret promise If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present. Fausto Cercignani living-in-the-past time past Sometimes true tolerance requires an extraordinary strength, which we are often too weak to exercise. Fausto Cercignani tolerance exercise sometimes Secret thoughts are only half free: they fly undisturbed in the skies of the inner freedom, but they can never leave them. Fausto Cercignani freedom secret sky Inner freedom demands the rejection of any imposition that injures our dignity. Fausto Cercignani demand rejection freedom 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 generosity forgiveness maturity Your will cannot always choose the path; very often the route is determined by chance or by the will of others. Fausto Cercignani determined chance path Personal dignity is to be measured with the yardstick of one's conscience, not with that of other people's judgement. Fausto Cercignani yardsticks judgement people 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 creativity imagination art As long as his strength permits, the poor mortal must always climb new mountains. Fausto Cercignani mountain poor long We learn a lot from the mistakes of others, but even more from our own. Fausto Cercignani mistake Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
