Antonio Gramsci Quotes


"To tell the truth is revolutionary."
- Antonio Gramsci
(Related: Truth)

"Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will."
- Antonio Gramsci
(Related: Optimism, Pessimism, Spirit, Will)

"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
(Related: Knowledge, Strength, Practicality)

"I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will."
- Antonio Gramsci
(Related: Intelligence, Will)

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