If there is one lesson Rome teaches, it is that matter is good; in Rome the holy and the homely rise and converge.

What you desire you call into being.

Silence is the garment of light.

Italians do not regard food as merely fuel. They regard it as medicine for the soul, one of life's abiding pleasures.

the islands of Italy combine all the elements - fire, water, earth, and air - and that is irresistible.

Belief sometimes precedes understanding; faith sometimes precedes scientific evidence.

In the face of evil, detachment is a dubious virtue.