More Quotes by Milan Kundera
In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions.
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.
Beauty is a rebellion against time.
Merely by being born intelligent, you right away find yourself in absolute exile.
Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the nonthought of received ideas.
a man possessed with peace is always smiling.
There is a certain part of all of us that lives outside of time. Perhaps we become aware of our age only at exceptional moments and most of the time we are ageless.
You can't measure the mutual affection of two human beings by the number of words they exchange.
People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone. The past is full of life, eager to irritate us, provoke and insult us, tempt us to destroy or repaint it. The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.
The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.
