Wisdom Quote by Primo Levi — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Le differenze possono essere piccole, ma portare a conseguenze radicalmente diverse, come gli aghi degli scambi; il mestiere del chimico consiste in buona parte nel guardarsi da queste differenze, nel conoscerle da vicino, nel prevederne gli effetti. Non solo il mestiere del chimico.”

“The living are more demanding; the dead can wait.”

“It is man who kills, man who creates or suffers injustice; it is no longer man who, having lost all restraint, shares his bed with a corpse. Whoever waits for his neighbor to die in order to take his piece of bread is, albeit guiltless, further from the model of”

“There is Auschwitz, and so there cannot be God.”

“There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect. Few know how to remain silent and respect the silence of others.”

“The stupidity is impressing others with your physical body and expecting love for your soul.”

“You will meet many opponents in your time that will come face to face with your flaws, trust the chaos ~ pain & confusion is the pathway to break open and become free.”

“Brave? Or stupid?”

“Wisdom, itself, is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the man who asserts it and the manner of its assertion.”

“There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something. You usually find something, if you look, but it is not always quite the something you were after.”

“One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.”