Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.

- Czeslaw Milosz

Evil grows and bears fruit, which is understandable, because it has logic and probability on its side and also, of course, strength. The resistance o…

- Czeslaw Milosz

The true enemy of man is generalization.

- Czeslaw Milosz

Religion used to be the opium of the people. To those suffering humiliation, pain, illness, and serfdom, religion promised the reward of an after lif…

- Czeslaw Milosz

The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.

- Czeslaw Milosz

The soul exceeds its circumstances.

- Czeslaw Milosz

The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.

- Czeslaw Milosz

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 invis…

- Czeslaw Milosz

In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.

- Czeslaw Milosz