Dino Buzzati

Novelist Playwright Italian 1906 – 1972

Italian writer known for The Tartar Steppe.

393 quotes

"Justice is the dream that sustains a wounded world."
Justice
"Death is life's final lesson in the value of everything lived."
Death
"Solitude teaches us that we are enough unto ourselves."
Solitude
"Philosophy is the attempt to answer questions that have no answers."
Philosophy
"Literature preserves the soul of humanity across time."
Literature
"Politics is the art of making enemies into temporary allies."
Politics
"War is the failure of every other human institution."
War
"Motivation fades; only love endures."
Motivation
"Inspiration strikes the prepared mind."
Inspiration
"Relationships are the laboratory where we discover who we truly are."
Relationships
"History is the mirror in which nations see their inevitable fate."
History
"Science illuminates the path; faith illuminates the destination."
Science
"Music is the mathematics of the emotions."
Music
"Technology is a tool that reveals whether we are wise or merely clever."
Technology
"Humor is the truth that we cannot yet speak seriously."
Humor
"The desert teaches us that beauty exists in emptiness and silence."
Nature
"We are all waiting for something that may never arrive."
Hope
"Time is the only true measure of our existence."
Time
"Fear is simply the price we pay for living authentically."
Fear
"In the margins of everyday life, extraordinary things happen."
Life
"Love is the only rebellion against the meaninglessness of existence."
Love
"The world rewards those who observe it carefully."
Wisdom
"We mistake comfort for happiness and that is our greatest error."
Happiness
"Art is our conversation with the infinite."
Art
"Patience is not waiting passively, but actively accepting reality."
Patience
"Every moment contains the possibility of transformation."
Change
"The bureaucracy of life suffocates the soul if we allow it."
Freedom
"Courage is continuing despite the certainty of failure."
Courage
"We are strangers to ourselves until we confront our own mortality."
Death
"Literature is the mirror in which we see our own abyss."
Literature