I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to die.
Antonio Gramsci

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
Antonio Gramsci

My practicality consists in this, in the knowledge that if you beat your head against the wall it is your head which breaks and not the wall - that is my strength, my only strength.
Antonio Gramsci

Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.
Antonio Gramsci

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.
Antonio Gramsci

To tell the truth is revolutionary.
Antonio Gramsci