Books Quote by Milan Kundera

“Knowledge cannot be pursued without morality.”

— J. Robert Oppenheimer

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written.

— Oscar Wilde

“There is nothing good or bad about knowledge itself; morality lies in the application of knowledge.”

— Jon Erickson

Suspending moral judgment is not the immorality of the novel; it is its morality.

— Milan Kundera

Moral certainty is intellectual immorality

— Kedar Joshi

The novel as a form is usually seen to be moral if its readers consider freedom, individuality, democracy, privacy, social connection, tolerance and hope…

— Jane Smiley

The novel is a penetrating study of morals and ethics.

— Bille August

The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame.

— Oscar Wilde

“I can't accept that a work of fiction should be either immoral or moral. It should merely show the world as it is and…

— Anthony Burgess

A novel is not moral in the usual sense of the word. It can be called moral when it shakes us out of our…

— Azar Nafisi

Errors of knowledge are not breaches of morality; no proper moral code can demand infallibility or omniscience.

— Ayn Rand

“There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.”

— Oscar Wilde