Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to ano…

- Zbigniew Herbert

The dead have need of fairy tales too.

- Zbigniew Herbert

And if the City falls and one survives he shall carry the City within on the roads of exile he shall be the City

- Zbigniew Herbert

I could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology

- Zbigniew Herbert

Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important

- Zbigniew Herbert

I thank You Lord for creating the world beautiful and various and if this is Your seduction I am seduced for good and past all forgiveness

- Zbigniew Herbert

Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart.

- Zbigniew Herbert

No time to grieve for roses when the forests are burning.

- Zbigniew Herbert

I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the…

- Zbigniew Herbert