Pier Paolo Pasolini

"I am what I am: an electrical appliance in the hands of real forces, subject to supernatural influences."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of that world is a form of your freedom."

"I have always loved the beauty of human beings, even when they are young."

"The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece of literature."

"Life in its essence is holiness, because it is an eternal manifestation of the divine."

"Man is not what he seems to be in his reasonable moments."

"The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet."

"I have no interest in art that is simply decorative and therefore impermanent."

"Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal."

"Love is the ambition to make someone else happy."

"Change is what happens when everything stays the same."

"The bourgeoisie is dying; it is rotting away; it is falling into pieces."

"Freedom is participation in power; whoever is prevented from participation is unfree."

"I write in order to educate others and myself."

"Nature is the most beautiful thing we possess."

"Happiness comes from within yourself, not from external circumstances."

"The real tragedy is that most people never discover their true self."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the triumph over it."

"Death is the only reality; everything else is illusion."

"Success is hollow if it is not built on a foundation of truth."

"Friendship requires vulnerability and genuine understanding."

"Family is the mirror in which we see ourselves."

"Hope is the last thing we lose in the darkest moments."

"Knowledge is a dangerous weapon in the hands of the ignorant."

"Peace begins in the heart of each individual."

"Music is the language of the soul."

"Science without conscience is the ruin of the soul."

"The role of a leader is to serve, not to command."

"Work is the manifestation of our creative spirit."

"Dreams are the echoes of our deepest desires."