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Czeslaw Milosz Quotes

What is this enigmatic impulse that does not allow one to settle down in the achieved, the finished? I think it is a quest for reality Picture Quote #1

A day so happy. Fog lifted early. I worked in the garden. Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers. There was no thing on earth I wanted to possess. I know no one worth my envying him Picture Quote #1

The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history Picture Quote #1

The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them Picture Quote #1

In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot Picture Quote #1

Not that I want to be a God or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone Picture Quote #1

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The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will Picture Quote #1

The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person Picture Quote #1

All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end Picture Quote #1

Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of an after life. But now, we are witnessing a transformation, a true opium of the people is the belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace, the huge comfort of thinking that for our betrayals, our greed, our cowardice, our murders, we are not going to be judged Picture Quote #1

Every poet depends upon generations who wrote in his native tongue; he inherits styles and forms elaborated by those who lived before him. At the same time, though, he feels that those old means of expression are not adequate to his own experience Picture Quote #1

The partition separating life from death is so tenuous. The unbelievable fragility of our organism suggests a vision on a screen: a kind of mist condenses itself into a human shape, lasts a moment and scatters Picture Quote #1

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We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself Picture Quote #1

Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose Picture Quote #1

Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees Picture Quote #1

It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism Picture Quote #1

Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above Picture Quote #1

The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always regretted that I’m made of contradictions. But, if contradiction is impossible to overcome, we have to accept both its ends Picture Quote #1

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What is this enigmatic impulse that does not allow one to settle down in the achieved, the finished? I think it is a quest for reality (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) A day so happy. Fog lifted early. I worked in the garden. Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers. There was no thing on earth I wanted to possess. I know no one worth my envying him (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) Not that I want to be a God or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of an after life. But now, we are witnessing a transformation, a true opium of the people is the belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace, the huge comfort of thinking that for our betrayals, our greed, our cowardice, our murders, we are not going to be judged (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) Every poet depends upon generations who wrote in his native tongue; he inherits styles and forms elaborated by those who lived before him. At the same time, though, he feels that those old means of expression are not adequate to his own experience (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) The partition separating life from death is so tenuous. The unbelievable fragility of our organism suggests a vision on a screen: a kind of mist condenses itself into a human shape, lasts a moment and scatters (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes) I’ve always regretted that I’m made of contradictions. But, if contradiction is impossible to overcome, we have to accept both its ends (Czeslaw Milosz Quotes)

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