Czeslaw Milosz Quotes

Everything that is,casts a shadow

The unformed is not worse than the over-formed. The former is nothing; the latter is mere appearance. Real form presupposes real life.

Life without power is death.

Life is passion, celebration in the face of chaos, light in the face of darkness, hope in the face of despair, and joy, for the universe without life feels nothing, is nothing, and does nothing except slowly die.

Death is strong, but Life is stronger.

There is no sun without shadow, and it is essential to know the night.

... there are shadows because there are hills.

Darkness is only light's absence.

Life is stronger than death.

The world is in balance . To light a candle is to cast a shadow.

To live is to experience things, not sit around pondering the meaning of life.

When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.

The breath that sharpens life is life itself.

A luminous body will appear more brilliant in proportion as it is surrounded by deeper shadow.

The darkness declares the glory of light.

Death is the black backing on the mirror that allows us to see anything at all.

Where the light is brightest, the shadows are deepest.

When you have life, you can weather any storm. You're breathing. You have life.

As for you, you are alive. But it's not the same as living.

Its when the sun shines the brightest that our shadows appear the biggest

There seems a life in hair, though it be dead.

Even in the darkness, his smile threw shadows.

Love shows itself more in adversity than in prosperity; as light does, which shines most where the place is darkest.

Energy is not only the basis of our existence, it is the fuel that makes everything in our lives real and possible.

She would live now, not read.