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The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less. - Vaclav Havel Quotes

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life, but that it bothers him less and less.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out - Vaclav Havel Quotes

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. - Vaclav Havel Quotes

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity... - Vaclav Havel Quotes

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity...

Birth

A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit. A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states. - Vaclav Havel Quotes

A state that denies its citizens their basic rights becomes a danger to its neighbors as well: internal arbitrary rule will be reflected in arbitrary external relations. The suppression of public opinion, the abolition of public competition for power and its public exercise opens the way for the state power to arm itself in any way it sees fit. A state that does not hesitate to lie to its own people will not hesitate to lie to other states.

Civil Rights Danger

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. - Vaclav Havel Quotes

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.

The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning further than the author himself can see or perceive. - Vaclav Havel Quotes

The role of the writer is not simply to arrange Being according to his own lights; he must also serve as a medium to Being and remain open to its often unfathomable dictates. This is the only way the work can transcend its creator and radiate its meaning further than the author himself can see or perceive.

Writers And Writing

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect. - Vaclav Havel Quotes

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President. - Vaclav Havel Quotes

If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for .success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. - Vaclav Havel Quotes

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for .success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

Hope

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