“How pitiful is an intelligence used only to make excuses to quieten the conscience.”

“Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying no to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social, and even political.”

“On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture.”

“Destiny is the invention of the cowardly, and the resigned.”

“I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image of his own soul.”

“تو هیچ مترس چون بخشوده شده ای، اما برای جامعه فاسدی که تو را مجبور کرده است تا از بین مرگ و بی آبرویی یکی را انتخاب کنی، بخشایش وجود ندارد”

“In provincia i segreti hanno vita breve. (In the countryside, secrets have a short lifespan).”