Ungaretti

Poet Italian 1888 – 1970

Italian modernist poet and innovator.

385 quotes

"Science reveals the world; art reveals ourselves."
Science
"Wisdom is knowing what we cannot know."
Wisdom
"Friendship is the love that asks nothing but presence."
Friendship
"Family is the first country we must learn to navigate."
Family
"Hope is the defiance of despair in small gestures."
Hope
"Freedom means responsibility for our choices."
Freedom
"The poem lives in the space between author and reader."
Literature
"To understand beauty is to understand incompleteness."
Beauty
"Art is the testimony of those who refuse silence."
Art
"In solitude, we discover who we really are."
Solitude
"Change is the only permanence we can count on."
Change
"Truth hides in the questions we are afraid to ask."
Truth
"Creativity blooms from the soil of limitations."
Creativity
"Perseverance is loving the struggle itself."
Perseverance
"Gratitude is the highest form of intelligence."
Gratitude
"Justice requires the courage of conviction."
Justice
"Patience is the art of allowing time to work."
Patience
"Kindness is the language all hearts speak."
Kindness
"Strength is revealed in how we bear our weakness."
Strength
"Fear is the compass pointing toward growth."
Fear
"Power used without wisdom becomes tyranny."
Power
"Work becomes prayer when done with devotion."
Work
"Dreams are the rehearsals for possible futures."
Dreams
"Humor is the rebellion of the spirit."
Humor
"Beauty is the fingerprint of the divine."
Beauty
"Death is the teacher that makes life precious."
Death
"Perseverance transforms impossibility into achievement."
Perseverance
"Inspiration strikes those prepared to receive it."
Inspiration
"Leadership is service dressed in courage."
Leadership
"Success is being at peace with your effort."
Success