Federigo Tozzi

Novelist Italian 1883 – 1920

Italian novelist known for psychological intensity.

388 quotes

"Death is the only honest teacher."
Death
"Perseverance without passion becomes grinding."
Perseverance
"Gratitude opens doors resentment locks forever."
Gratitude
"Creativity requires the willingness to fail publicly."
Creativity
"Justice delayed becomes injustice compounded."
Justice
"Patience is the virtue of the powerless."
Patience
"Kindness costs nothing but buys everything."
Kindness
"Freedom is choosing your own chains."
Freedom
"Peace is the space between struggles."
Peace
"Nature does not forgive our forgetting."
Nature
"Art is the lie that makes us see truth."
Art
"Music is mathematics we feel rather than calculate."
Music
"Faith is the conviction that love matters."
Faith
"Leadership begins where ego ends."
Leadership
"Work ennobles only when it serves something beyond itself."
Work
"Dreams are the rehearsals of our waking lives."
Dreams
"Humor masks the wounds we cannot show."
Humor
"Beauty is the question not the answer."
Beauty
"Happiness is remembering what you already had."
Happiness
"Success is a mask we wear until we forget our face."
Success
"Friendship asks us to be better than we are."
Friendship
"Love requires the recklessness we later call devotion."
Love
"Wisdom is regret that arrives too late."
Wisdom
"Life is the question whose answer we die searching for."
Life
"Hope is the cruelty we practice on ourselves."
Hope
"Courage is civility in the face of injustice."
Courage
"Change terrifies because it means admitting we were wrong."
Change
"Education is learning what questions matter."
Education
"Knowledge is the burden of consciousness."
Knowledge
"Time is what convinces us the impossible was necessary."
Time