More Quotes by Milan Kundera
The Greek word for "return" is nostos. Algos means "suffering." So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.
The worth of a human being lies in the ability to extend oneself, to go outside oneself, to exist in and for other people.
The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty.
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 is responsible for his ignorance.
a man possessed with peace is always smiling.
The only reason people want to be masters of the future is to change the past.
Beauty is a rebellion against time.
In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions.
