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...no one can do a thing about feelings, they exist and there's no way to censor them. We can reproach ourselves for some action, for a remark, but not for a feeling, quite simply because we have no control at all over

...no one can do a thing about feelings, they exist and there's no way to censor them. We can reproach ourselves for some action, for a remark, but not for a feeling, quite simply because we have no control at all over it.

Milan Kundera
Feelings, Way, Action

I am not worthy of my suffering. A great sentence. It suggests not only that suffering is the basis of the self, its sole indubitable ontological proof, but also that it is the one feeling most worthy of respect; the value of all values.

Milan Kundera
Self, Feelings, Suffering

The senator had only one argument in his favour: his feeling. When the heart speaks, the mind finds it indecent to object. In the realm of kitsch, the dictatorship of the heart reigns supreme.

Milan Kundera
Heart, Feelings, Mind
"Light but sound" by John Banville, www.theguardian.com. April 30, 2004.

The ludicrous element in our feeling does not make them any less authentic.

Milan Kundera
Feelings, Doe, Elements

Nothing is more repugnant to me than brotherly feelings grounded in the common baseness people see in one another.

Milan Kundera
People, Feelings, Common
Milan Kundera (1983). “The Joke”, Viking Press

It was futile to attack with reason the stout wall of irrational feelings that, as is known, is the stuff of which the female mind is made.

Milan Kundera
Wall, Feelings, Mind
Milan Kundera (1974). “Laughable Loves”

Leroy interrupted Chantal's fantasies: "Freedom? As you live our your desolation, you can be either unhappy or happy. Having that choice is what constitutes your freedom. You're free to melt your own individuality into the cauldron of the multitude either with a feeling of defeat or euphoria.

Milan Kundera
Choices, Feelings, Individuality

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