Best Vaclav Havel Sayings
- The previous regime ... reduced man to a means of production and nature to a tool of production. Thus it attacked both their very essence… Attacked
- The question is...whether we shall, by whatever means, succeed in reconstituting the natural world as the true terrain of politics, rehabilitating the personal experience of… Action
- Communism was overthrown by life, by thought, by dignity. Communism
- Human rights are universal and indivisible. Human freedom is also indivisible: if it is denied to anyone in the world, it is therefore denied, indirectly,… All
- If one were required to increase the dramatic seriousness of his face in relation to the seriousness of the problems he had to confront, he… Confront
- People thought they could explain and conquer nature-yet the outcome is that they destroyed it and disinherited themselves from it. Conquer
- Time and time again I have been persuaded that a huge potential of goodwill is slumbering within our society. It's just that it's incoherent, suppressed,… Been
- I have read somewhere that in a totalitarian system martyrdom does better than thought. Better
- It cannot suffice to invent new machines, new regulations, new institutions. It is necessary to change and improve our understanding of the true purpose of… Allow
- This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical… Completely
- The only salvation of the world today... is the rapid dissemination of the basic values of the West, that is, the ideas of democracy, human… Basic
- There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them. Besides, to distrust words, and indict them for… All
- 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… According
- The experience I'm talking about has given me one certainty: the salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in… Better
- Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly. Commonly
- The award is destined for scientists who do not fear to touch on some of the darkest aspects of being without betraying what they have… Achieved
- I have preserved my identity, put its credibility to the test and defended my dignity. What good this will bring the world I don't know.… Bring
- I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that… Badly
- If I have accomplished anything good, then it's mainly because I've been driven by the need to know whether I can accomplish things I'm not… Accomplish
- The hope of the world lies in the rehabilitation of the living human being, not just the body but also the soul. Body
- Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something… Certainty
- 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… Absurdity
- Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. Always Runs
- Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. Fact
- 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… Ability
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