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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.
Modern stupidity means not ignorance but the nonthought of received ideas.
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.
The worst thing is not that the world is unfree, but that people have unlearned their liberty.
The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.
Merely by being born intelligent, you right away find yourself in absolute exile.
In the realm of totalitarian kitsch, all answers are given in advance and preclude any questions.
Memory does not make films, it makes photographs.
A man is responsible for his ignorance.
The source of anxiety lies in the future. If you can keep the future out of mind, you can forget your worries.