Rita Levi-Montalcini Quotes

“It is a wonder that I have not given up all my hopes, for they seem absurd and impossible. If I still hold on to them, in spite of everything, it is because I continue to believe in the inner goodness of man. I cannot build everything on foundations of death, misery and confusion.

I see the world gradually turning into a desert, I hear ever louder the roar that will kill us too, I share the pain of millions of men, but when I look at the sky I think that good will eventually win, that this merciless harshness will also cease. That order, peace and serenity will return. In the meantime I must keep my ideals intact; one day they will be able to be put into practice.”