True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. – Milan Kundera
Mankinds true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. – Milan Kundera
People are going deaf because music is played louder and louder, but because theyre going deaf, it has to be played louder still. – Milan Kundera
Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress. – Milan Kundera
None of us had any idea of how successful Downton was going to be. I thought I was signing up for another period drama that had a slightly modern feel. It had a freedom about it because it was coming out of the head of Julian Fellowes. Anything could happen and generally did. – Dan Stevens