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More Quotes by Umberto Eco
The wise man does not discriminate; he gathers all the shreds of light, from wherever they may come.
Not long ago, if you wanted to seize political power in a country you had merely to control the army and the police. Today it is only in the most backward countries that fascist generals, in carrying out a coup d'état, still use tanks. If a country has reached a high degree of industrialization the whole scene changes.... Today a country belongs to the person who controls communications.
Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. When we consider a book, we mustn't ask ourselves what it says but what it means.
The real hero is always a hero by mistake.
Love is wiser than wisdom.
What is life if not the shadow of a fleeting dream?
The problem with the Internet is that it gives you everything - reliable material and crazy material. So the problem becomes, how do you discriminate?
Poetry is not a matter of feelings, it is a matter of language. It is language which creates feelings.
If you interact with things in your life, everything is constantly changing. And if nothing changes, you're an idiot.
I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren't trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom.
