Cesare Pavese

"To choose one's words is to choose one's world."

"The artist's task is to save the soul of mankind."

"We have need of history in its entirety."

"Everything you want, you already are."

"The only way forward is together."

"Work is the only dignity."

"We must be willing to let go of the life we planned."

"The man who has a why to live can bear almost any how."

"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."

"Generosity is not about giving much, but giving with love."

"Fear is the most destructive force in the world."

"We live in the stories we tell ourselves."

"The freedom to speak is nothing without the wisdom to listen."

"Beauty is the only surviving thing."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict."

"In the end, we remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"A man should be like the earth, and nourish everything."

"We are all seeking something in this life."

"The most important relationship is with yourself."

"Literature is the most human of all the arts."

"Everything passes, everything changes."

"The heart has its reasons that reason knows nothing of."

"Creativity thrives on constraint."

"We need not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do extraordinary things."

"Justice without mercy is cruelty."

"The mind is its own place."

"Adventure is worthwhile in itself."

"Health is a state of mind."

"Great music touches something within that words cannot reach."

"Leadership is not about being in control."