Ignazio Silone
Ignazio Silone
Ignazio Silonewas the pseudonym of Secondino Tranquilli, an Italian author and politician...
NationalityItalian
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth1 May 1900
CountryItaly
equality men law
An earthquake achieves what the law promises but does not in practice maintain - the equality of all men.
religious freedom fear
Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political.
struggle men liberty
Liberty isn't a thing you are given as a present. You can be a free man under a dictatorship. It is sufficient if you struggle against it.
spiritual struggle risk
Spiritual life and secure life do not go together; to save oneself on must struggle and take risks.
real waiting sometimes
Sometimes I'm haunted by the thought that we only have one life and we live it provisionally, waiting in vain for the day that our real life will begin. And so life passes by.
book writing soul
I would willingly pass my life writing and re-writing the same book - that one book every writer carries within him - the image of his own soul.
finals conflict communist
The final conflict will be between the Communists and the ex-Communists.