Man is not an omipotent master of the universe, allowed to do with impunity whatever he thinks, or whatever suits him at… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
When a man has his heart in the right place and good taste, he can not only do well in politics but… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Man is in fact nailed down - like Christ on the Cross - to a grid of paradoxes . . . he… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The most important thing is that man should be the measure of all structures, including economic structures, and not that man be… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The Declaration of Independence states that the Creator gave man the right to liberty. It seems man can realize that liberty only… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Man is a part of the world, and his spirit is part of the spirit of the world. We are merely a… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superior, if every day he solemnly performs ritual acts which… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it. — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The previous regime ... reduced man to a means of production and nature to a tool of production. Thus it attacked both… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
If the world is to change for the better it must start with a change in human consciousness, in the very humanness… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
I am convinced that we will never build a democratic state based on rule of law if we do not at the same time… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
People who live in the post-totalitarian system know only too well that the question of whether one or several political parties are in power,… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
“For by this very fact, individuals confirm the system, fulfill the system, make the system, are the system.” — Václav Havel Copy Share Image
Hope is not a feeling of certainty that everything ends well. Hope is just a feeling that life and work have a meaning. — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
If by believing you mean praying to an anthropomorphic deity who created the world and half controls it and half observes it, then I… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Our country, if that is what we want, can now permanently radiate love, understanding, the power of the spirit and of ideas. It is… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine that I could strive for something if I did not carry hope in me. — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
A person who has been seduced by the consumer value system, whose identity is dissolved in an amalgam of the accouterments trappings of mass… — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
Whether all is really lost or not depends entirely on whether or not I am lost. — Vaclav Havel Copy Share Image
