1,075 Quotes by Milan Kundera

Isn't that exactly the definition of biography? An artificial logic imposed on an 'incoherent succession of images'?

Dios les dio a los hombres la libertad y por eso podemos suponer que al fin y al cabo no es responsable de los crímenes humanos. Pero el único responsable de la mierda es aquel que creó al hombre.

Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic conditions: -(1) an elevated level of general well being which allows people to devote themselves to useless activities(2) a high degree of social atomization and , as a consequence, a general isolation of individuals;(3) the absence of dramatic social changes in the nation's internal life.

A merda é um problema teológico mais difícil que o mal. Deus ofereceu a liberdade ao homem e,portanto, pode admitir-se que ele não é responsável pelos crimes da humanidade. Mas a existência de merda incube inteiramente àquele que criou o homem, e só a ele.

Human life is bounded by two chasms: fanaticism on one side, absolute skepticism on the other.

And in fact, Soviet films, which flooded the cinemas of all Communist countries in that cruelest of times, were saturated with incredible innocence and chastity. The greatest conflict tat could occur between two Russians was a lovers' misunderstanding: he thought she no longer loved him; she thought he no longer loved her. But in the final scene they would fall into each others' arms, tears of happiness trickling down their cheeks.

Čovjek i ne znajući komponira svoj život prema zakonima ljepote i u trenutcima najdubljeg beznađa.

Ljudsko vrijeme se ne okreće u krugu, već juri po pravoj liniji naprijed. To je razlog zašto čovjek ne može biti sretan, jer je sreća čežnja za ponavljanjem.

Turning points in the evolution of a relationship are not always the result of dramatic events; they often stem from something that at first seems completely inconsequential.