Umberto Eco

"Strength comes from within."

"Fear is an illusion we create."

"Power is the ability to make things happen."

"Money is a means, not an end."

"Health is wealth."

"Adventure awaits those who seek it."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

"Technology connects us across distances."

"History teaches us lessons about the present."

"The real scandal is that there are people who do not read"

"We are here on Earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different"

"The sign is not the thing signified"

"In order to make disorder, you must be very well organized"

"The more you own, the more it owns you"

"Beauty is subjective, but the search for it is universal"

"Language is a virus from outer space"

"To read is to protest against the realities of the present moment"

"A book is a dream that you hold in your hand"

"The power of the image is that it can mean many things at once"

"We make up meanings as we go along"

"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction"

"Confusion is a sign of learning"

"The more you have, the more you worry about losing it"

"Silence is a source of truth and strength"

"History teaches us that history teaches us nothing"

"The greatest invention is the one nobody noticed"

"Semiotics is about lying"

"Time doesn't pass, we pass"

"The map is not the territory"

"Authority comes from being believed"