To be a writer does not mean to preach a truth, it means to discover a truth. – Milan Kundera
Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress. – Milan Kundera
Mysticism and exaggeration go together. A mystic must not fear ridicule if he is to push all the way to the limits of humility or the limits of delight. – Milan Kundera
The serial number of a human specimen is the face, that accidental and unrepeatable combination of features. It reflects neither character nor soul, nor what we call the self. The face is only the serial number of a specimen. – Milan Kundera