More Quotes by Milan Kundera
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.
Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the nonthought of received ideas.
The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
The source of anxiety lies in the future. If you can keep the future out of mind, you can forget your worries.
a man possessed with peace is always smiling.
The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty.
To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring - it was peace.
A man is responsible for his ignorance.
