Life Quotes Quote by Mario Puzo — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Michael could never remember his father ever having uttered a word about death, as if the Don respected death too much to philosophize about it.”

“I have no such powers. If I did I would be more merciful than God, believe me.”

“Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.”

“Actions defined a man; words were a fart in the wind.”

“But della Rovere frowned and said, "Heed my warning, Guido Feltra. He's full of the devil, this son of the church.”

“Pope Alexander smiled. He seemed more amused with the story than horrified. "The Baglioni are true believers," he said. "They believe in paradise. Such a great gift. How otherwise can man bear this moral life? Unfortunately, such a belief also gives evil men the courage to commit great crimes in the name of good and God.”

“Obscurity and a competence—that is the life that is best worth living.”

“Experience has shown, and a true philosophy will always show, that a vast, perhaps the larger, portion of truth arises from the seemingly irrelevant.”

“The consequences of every act are included in the act itself.”

“What I've learnt - to my cost - on several occasions in my life, is that people will put up with all manner of bad behaviour so long as you're giving them what they want. They'll laugh and get into it and enjoy the anecdotes and the craziness and the mayhem as long as you're going your job well, but the minute you're not, you're fucked. They'll wipe their hands of you without a second glance.”

“People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.”

“No matter how much suffering you went through, you never wanted to let go of those memories.”