Ungaretti

Poet Italian 1888 – 1970

Italian modernist poet and innovator.

385 quotes

"Power shows our true character most clearly."
Power
"Money is freedom only if we do not let it define us."
Money
"Health is the silence in which the soul can hear itself."
Health
"Adventure is the antidote to the ordinary."
Adventure
"Technology connects us while isolating us from meaning."
Technology
"Justice requires us to see through the eyes of the suffering."
Justice
"Music speaks what words cannot reach."
Music
"Faith is the bridge between despair and hope."
Faith
"Philosophy is the art of asking better questions."
Philosophy
"History is written by those who survived to tell it."
History
"Politics reveals the truth about human nature."
Politics
"War is the ultimate failure of human communication."
War
"Motivation comes and goes; commitment endures."
Motivation
"Inspiration is the gift granted to those who create."
Inspiration
"Relationships are the curriculum of the soul."
Relationships
"Leadership means bearing the weight of others' hopes."
Leadership
"Solitude is where the self is finally found."
Solitude
"Beauty is the language through which God speaks."
Beauty
"Poetry is the only way to capture the absolute silence of moments"
Art
"We are all fragments seeking wholeness in an indifferent universe"
Philosophy
"The word 'nothing' contains everything we need to understand existence"
Wisdom
"Clarity of expression requires absolute poverty of decoration"
Literature
"In war, even victory tastes of ashes and regret"
War
"A moment of perfect awareness is worth a lifetime of sleep"
Life
"Language fails where experience begins"
Knowledge
"The soul grows through suffering, not comfort"
Perseverance
"We mistake busyness for living, noise for meaning"
Time
"Loyalty to oneself is the first betrayal of others"
Friendship
"Nature teaches indifference; we must learn compassion"
Nature
"Each word is a grave and a birth simultaneously"
Literature