Quotes by : Czesław Miłosz

Horror is the law of the world of living creatures, and civilization is concerned with masking that truth.....

You see how I tryTo reach with wordsWhat matters mostAnd how I fail.

Sceptical Ketman is widely disseminated throughout intellectual circles. One argues that humanity does....

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....

In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol....

No duties. I don’t have to be profound.I don’t have to be artistically perfect.Or sublime. Or edifying.I....

Language is the only homeland.

If the world is divided between Fascism and Communism, obviously Fascism must lose since it is the last,....

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that....