There are three principles in a man’s being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don’t do what I say.

Martin Buber in “The way of man according to the teachings of Hasidism”

Thanks Claudio for having passed this book on to me..

The only fact that I decided to post the quote below inside my blog will certainly look strange to anyone not familiar with my country. Why should I need to remind such a concept? Shouldn’t it already represent a well established and unbreakable principle, the foundation of every aspect of the political life of a civilized country? My answer is in the title, “politics of the past”, when morality and political dignity still seemed to inspire the ideologies of the political class ..

“[...] the plea I make to young people is to try to be honest, politics must be conducted in an honest manner. [...] if there’s any politician who takes advantage of politics to do his dirty interests, it must be denounced without fear.” – Sandro Pertini

Today’s quote (in the sidebar on the right) states the following thought:

“The only thing we know about the future is that it will be different” – Peter Drucker

Unfortunately, considering how things are currently going in Italy it’s really hard for me to believe in that ..

“Let thy life pass, but be thy work well done” - St. Austell

“We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people” – Carl Sagal