Italo Svevo

Novelist Italian 1861 – 1928

Italian novelist known for Zeno's Conscience.

442 quotes

"Beauty is a refuge for the troubled soul."
Beauty
"Death reminds us to live fully."
Death
"Perseverance is the key to all achievement."
Perseverance
"Gratitude transforms our perspective."
Gratitude
"Creativity is the expression of the soul."
Creativity
"Justice is the foundation of society."
Justice
"Patience is the virtue of the strong."
Patience
"Kindness creates a ripple effect of good."
Kindness
"True strength lies in vulnerability."
Strength
"Fear is an illusion we create ourselves."
Fear
"Power is the ability to influence others positively."
Power
"Money is a means to an end, not the end itself."
Money
"Health is wealth that cannot be bought."
Health
"Man is often capable of greater things than he supposes himself to be."
Courage
"The life of a man is a struggle between the desire to act and the inability to act."
Life
"We are all sick, but some of us know it and some do not."
Wisdom
"True health consists in the ability to adapt to circumstances."
Health
"Love is the only reality and it is not a mere sentiment. It is the ultimate truth at the heart of all creation."
Love
"Every man has within him the capacity for change, if he would but acknowledge it."
Change
"The present is always a stage where we perform for an audience of ghosts."
Time
"To understand ourselves, we must first understand our illness."
Knowledge
"Life teaches us that the greatest victories come through perseverance in small matters."
Perseverance
"Beauty is nothing but the beginning of terror."
Beauty
"We live in a world of illusions, mistaking our reflections for reality."
Philosophy
"The artist's task is not to represent what is, but to discover what might be."
Art
"Friendship without honesty is merely flattery disguised as affection."
Friendship
"In the struggle between intention and action, we discover who we truly are."
Motivation
"Man's greatest torment is not failure, but the fear of attempting anything at all."
Fear
"The mind creates more prisons than any walls ever could."
Freedom
"Education should teach us to question everything, including our teachers."
Education