Quotes by Umberto Eco
“People are never so completely and enthusiastically evil as when they act out of religious conviction.”— Umberto Eco
“The author should die once he has finished writing. So as not to trouble the path of the text.”— Umberto Eco
“The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things.”— Umberto Eco
“Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie.”— Umberto Eco
“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.”— Umberto Eco
“Fear prophets, and those prepared to die for the truth, for as a rule they make many others die with them, often before them, at times instead of them.”— Umberto Eco
“Thus I rediscovered what writers have always known: books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.”— Umberto Eco
“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.”— Umberto Eco
“What is love? There is nothing in the world, neither man nor Devil nor any thing, that I hold as suspect as love, for it penetrates the soul more than any other thing.”— Umberto Eco
“The beauty of the universe consists not only of unity in variety, but also of variety in unity.”— Umberto Eco
“The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.”— Umberto Eco