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Czeslaw Milosz was a renowned Polish poet, essayist, and translator. Born on June 30, 1911, in Lithuania, he passed away on August 14, 2004. Milosz's poetry is celebrated for its deep exploration of human existence, history, and politics, reflecting the complex history of Poland and Eastern Europe. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1980 for his significant contributions to poetry and prose.

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“What is this enigmatic impulse that does not allow one to settle down in the achieved, the finished? I think it is a quest for reality.”

Thinking Doe Reality Finished Impulse Settling Quests Settling Down Enigmatic

Author:Czeslaw Milosz

“It's true that what is morbid is highly valued today, and so you may think that I am only joking or that I've devised just one more means of praising Art with the help of irony.”

Thinking May Mean Art Helping Today Praise Irony Just One Morbid

Book:Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

Source: Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Knows Earth Memories Reports

Author:Czeslaw Milosz

“You who think of us: they lived only in delusion... Know that we the People of the Book, will never die!”

People Thinking Knows Book Dies Delusion

Book:Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

Source: Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004

“A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders we are not going to be judged.”

People Thinking Belief Huge Murder Greed Betrayal Judged Cowardice Nothingness After Death Solace Opium

Author:Czeslaw Milosz

“It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends”

Thinking Ends Sweet Companion Expeditions

Author: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 life. But now, we are witnessing a transformation, a true opium of the people is the belief in nothingness after death, the huge solace, the huge comfort of thinking that for our betrayals, our greed, our cowardice, our murders, we are not going to be judged.”

About the Author

Born: June 30, 1911
Died: August 14, 2004
Known for: Poet
Quotes: 90

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Selected and Last Poems 1931-2004Related source material

The Captive MindRelated source material

The Noble Traveller: The Life and Writings of O. V. de L. MiloszRelated source material

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