I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy Czeslaw Milosz More Quotes by Czeslaw Milosz More Quotes From Czeslaw Milosz The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas. Czeslaw Milosz army men fall Love means to look at yourself Czeslaw Milosz mean looks way A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death. Czeslaw Milosz solace belief people Vulgarized knowledge characteristically gives birth to a feeling that everything is understandable and explained. It is like a system of bridges built over chasms. One can travel boldly ahead over these bridges, ignoring the chasms. It is forbidden to look down into them; but that, alas, does not alter the fact that they exist. Czeslaw Milosz bridges feelings giving Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees. Czeslaw Milosz eye desire two What is poetry which does not save nations or people? Czeslaw Milosz sea doe people I think that I am here, on this earth, to present a report on it, but to whom I don't know. As if I were sent so that whatever takes place has meaning because it changes into memory. Czeslaw Milosz earth memories thinking It was only toward the middle of the twentieth century that the inhabitants Czeslaw Milosz philosophy country book 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 philosophical vision lasts Do you know how it is when one wakes Czeslaw Milosz listening heart night Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo. Czeslaw Milosz echoes poetry art 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 acceptance doe feelings He returns years later, has no demands. He wants only one, most precious thing: To see, purely and simply, without name, Without expectations, fears, or hopes, At the edge where there is no I or not-I. Czeslaw Milosz expectations names years It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends Czeslaw Milosz ends sweet thinking You who think of us: they lived only in delusion... Know that we the People of the Book, will never die! Czeslaw Milosz book people thinking All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end. Czeslaw Milosz rely highest ends The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth. Czeslaw Milosz wise men children There was a time when only wise books were read helping us to bear our pain and misery. This, after all, is not quite the same as leafing through a thousand works fresh from psychiatric clinics. And yet the world is different from what it seems to be and we are other than how we see ourselves in our ravings. Czeslaw Milosz pain wise book It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism. Czeslaw Milosz impossible talking people Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Czeslaw Milosz weary-traveler grain tree
