Czeslaw Milosz Quotes

We both know, you and I, that if all men were gardeners, the world at last would be at peace.

After a storm comes a calm.

I like to fish. Fishing is always a way of relaxing.

The probability of apocalypse soon cannot be realistically estimated, but it is surely too high for any sane person to contemplate with equanimity.

At home, I love reaching out into that absolute silence, when you can hear the owl or the wind.

Nature is our chapel.

There's nothing like the peace of the countryside, the quiet and the lack of distraction. It helps you to focus your mind.

Cross the meadow and the stream and listen as the peaceful water brings peace upon your soul.

What makes a river so restful to people is that it doesn't have any doubt - it is sure to get where it is going, and it doesn't want to go anywhere else.

Sometimes I still worry that the next day will be the last day of the Earth.

The apocalypse is not around the corner.

Far from the madding crowd’s ignoble strife …

There is nothing in the situation to be disturbed about

I like, very much, nature. Since I'm always together with people, I like to retreat.

While growing up, I used to go to the beach, as I used to find peace there.

Any way you want to slice it, the thing about the apocalypse is, since the beginning of time, it's the projection of mankind's worst fear. The day that, as a race, our number is up.

I am very much about peace. There is so much turmoil in this world.

I'm quite calm when all is well.

I need my outdoors, my comfort.

I always see gardening as escape, as peace really. If you are angry or troubled, nothing provides the same solace as nurturing the soil.

I'm happier in a garden.

Shepherd. It's a very beautiful word. It represents peace. And it meant a lot to me because...I come from a life with shepherds and mountains and all that stuff.

When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile

Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns.

Peace in ourselves, peace in the world.