“all languages that derive from Latin form the word "compassion" by combining the prefix meaning "with" (com-) and the root meaning "suffering” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“to have compassion (co-feeling) means not only to be able to live with other's misfortune but also to feel with him any… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, for… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“She blushed. It is a beautiful thing when a woman blushes; at that instant her body no longer belongs to her; she… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“in languages that derive from Latin "compassion" means: we cannot look on coolly as others suffer; or, we sympathize with those who… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. Mankind's… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one’s own pain weights so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, with… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Mankind's real moral test, a test so radical and so deep that it escapes our gaze, is probably the one of its… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test…consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
But man, because he has only one life to live, cannot conduct experiments to test whether to follow his passion (compassion) or… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“By revealing to Tomas her dream about jabbing needles under her fingernails, Tereza unwittingly revealed that she had gone through his desk.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“he tried to remind himself , don't think about her! don't think about her! he said to himself, i am sick with compassion” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
For there is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels with someone,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“All languages that derive from Latin form the word "compassion" by combining the prefix meaning "with" (com-) and the root meaning "suffering"… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even one's own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, pain… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Humanity's true moral test, its fundamental test, consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“The future is only an indifferent void no one cares about, but the past is filled with life, and its countenance is irritating, repellent,… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“From that time on they both looked forward to sleeping together. I might even say that the goal of their lovemaking was not so… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Beauty in the European sense has always had a premeditated quality to it. We've always had an aesthetic intention and a long-range plan. That's… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
The beauty of New York is unintentional; it arose independent of human design, like a stalagmite cavern. — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Children, Never look Back!" and this meant that we must never allow the future to be weighed down by memory . for children have… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Our lives may be separate, but they run in the same direction, like parallel lines.” — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Having a child is to show an absolute accord with mankind. If I have a child, it's as though I'm saying: I was born… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
Love is a battle," said Marie-Claude, still smiling. "And I plan to go on fighting. To the end." Love is a battle?" said Franz.… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“He remained annoyed with himself until he realized that not knowing what he wanted was actually quite natural. We can never know what to… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Whenever I think about ancient cultures nostalgia seizes me. Perhaps this is nothing but envy of the sweet slowness of the history of that… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
“Do stories, apart from happening, being, have something to say? For all my skepticism, some trace of irrational superstition did survive in me, the… — Milan Kundera Copy Share Image
