| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 33458 |
| QUOTATION: | True human goodness, in all its purity and freedom, can come to the fore only when its recipient has no power. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Milan Kundera (b. 1929), Czech author, critic. The Unbearable Lightness of Being, pt. 7, ch. 2 (1984). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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