Quotes by : Czesław Miłosz

Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom,....

Professional Ketman is reasoned thus: since I find myself in circumstances over which I have no control,....

I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person...

If there is no God,Not everything is permitted to man.He is still his brother's keeperAnd he is not permitted....

The work of human thought should withstand the test of brutal, naked reality. If it cannot, it is worthless.....

The bright side of the planet moves toward darknessAnd the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,And....

Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year, I felt a door opening in me and I entered the....

Reality calls for a name, for words, but it is unbearable, and if it is touched, if it draws very close,....

Language is the only homeland.