Cesare Pavese

"Happiness is not found but recognized in the present moment."

"The greatest teachers illuminate what we already know."

"A life well-lived is its own justification."

"To give is to receive the gift of purpose."

"The silence between notes creates the melody."

"To understand others is to begin understanding oneself."

"We do not remember days, we remember moments."

"The only joy in the world is to begin."

"Bad faith is the modern plague."

"One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's troubles does not make it better."

"We are dying since we are born."

"Suffering is not ennobling, pain is not a doorway to anything."

"The knowledge of living is not found in books."

"To know the world one must construct it."

"Every luxury must be paid for, and everything is a luxury."

"The secret to getting ahead is getting started."

"We belong to the earth and the earth belongs to us."

"A man may have committed a sin, but he is not therefore forsaken."

"The beautiful thing about learning is that no one can take it away from you."

"Loneliness is dangerous. It's addictive."

"The real sickness of the modern age is despair."

"We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow partially."

"Will you ever believe that you are worth something?"

"Every little thing that happens is a possibility."

"The problem is that we are suffering from our passions."

"Things take time to arrange themselves."

"A man's life is made up of compromises and adaptations."

"The most authentic thing we can be is vulnerable."

"We cannot live only for ourselves."

"Nature is not human nature."