Czeslaw Milosz Quotes That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life

1. Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year, I felt a door opening in me and I entered the clarity of early morning. One after another my former lives were departing, like ships, together with their sorrow. And the countries, cities, gardens, the bays of seas assigned to my brush came closer, ready now to be described better than they were before. The Noble Traveller: The Life and Writings of O. V. de L. Milosz

2. I have defined poetry as a 'passionate pursuit of the Real.

3. In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent; A thing brought forth that we didn't know we had in us, So we blink our eyes, as if a tiger had sprung out And stood in the light, licking its tail.

4. It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends

5. The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person...

6. The purpose of poetry is to remind ushow difficult it is to remain just one person,for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.