Haroldo Conti

Novelist Argentine 1925 – 1976

Argentine novelist and experimental writer.

199 quotes

"Happiness is the by-product of meaningful struggle."
Happiness
"Success is defined only by those who have failed."
Success
"Friendship is the love we choose."
Friendship
"Family is both sanctuary and prison."
Family
"Education should liberate, never imprison."
Education
"The writer documents what the powerful would erase."
Literature
"In art, we confess what we cannot say."
Art
"Nature never lies, only humans do."
Nature
"The excluded have the clearest vision."
Wisdom
"Every departure contains a return within it."
Change
"Truth is uncomfortable; comfort is the enemy of truth."
Truth
"Freedom requires the courage to disappoint others."
Freedom
"Peace is the chaos of a heart accepting itself."
Peace
"Beauty emerges from the ashes of convention."
Beauty
"Death is the only honest teacher."
Death
"Imagination is the last frontier."
Imagination
"To live authentically is to live dangerously."
Life
"Love asks us to be larger than ourselves."
Love
"The road is the only school that matters."
Adventure
"Creativity is the rebellion of the powerless."
Creativity
"Time is the currency only the dead can afford."
Time
"Hope is an act of defiance against reality."
Hope
"Courage whispers where fear shouts."
Courage
"Knowledge without doubt is mere dogma."
Knowledge
"The outcast becomes the prophet."
Wisdom
"Work is the expression of our necessity to matter."
Work
"Dreams are the only democracy that remains."
Dreams
"Perseverance is love's sister."
Perseverance
"Gratitude is the music of the blessed."
Gratitude
"Kindness costs nothing except our pride."
Kindness