We know well enough when we're being unjust and despicable. but we don't restrain ourselves because we experience a certain pleasure, a primitive sort of satisfaction in moments like that. Ugo Betti More Quotes by Ugo Betti More Quotes From Ugo Betti Who cares about great marks left behind? We have one life... just one. Our life. We have nothing else. Ugo Betti left-behind who-cares mark There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely. Ugo Betti being-yourself certain acceptance Everyone has, inside himself ... what shall I call it? A piece of good news! Everyone is ... a very great, very important character. Ugo Betti news important character To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises. Ugo Betti surprise wonderful believe At any given moment, I open my eyes and exist. Ugo Betti vision moments eye When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it. Ugo Betti belief want believe I think the family is the place where the most ridiculous and least respectable things in the world go on. Ugo Betti family home thinking If we have anything kind to say, any tender sentiment to express, we feel a sense of shame. Ugo Betti sentimental guilt kind Every tiny part of us cries out against the idea of dying, and hopes to live forever. Ugo Betti forever death ideas All of us are mad. If it weren't for the fact that every one of us is slightly abnormal, there wouldn't be any point in giving each person a separate name. Ugo Betti mad names giving When you put a man and a woman together, there are some things they simply have to do. They embrace, they warm each other. All the rest is dead and empty. Ugo Betti empty together men Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else. Ugo Betti obsession people ideas Each of us is the only person who can give the other what each of us wants to have: Peace. Ugo Betti carpe-diem want giving The spontaneity of slaps is sincerity, whereas the ceremonial of caresses is largely convention. Ugo Betti conventions sincerity spontaneity When I say "I," I mean a thing absolutely unique, not to be confused with any other. Ugo Betti confused unique mean Justice! Custodian of the world! But since the world errs, justice must be custodian of the world's errors. Ugo Betti custodians errors justice Memories are like stones, time and distance erode them like acid. Ugo Betti erode distance memories Sisterly love is, of all sentiments, the most abstract. Nature does not grant it any functions. Ugo Betti sister sibling love-is We play make believe, pretend to take ourselves and each other seriously--to love each other, hate each other--but then--it isn't true. It isn't true, we don't care at all! Ugo Betti hate play believe It so difficult to know what the people we love really need. Ugo Betti difficult people needs