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Heroic Quotes by Vaclav Havel
- 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…
- 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…
- Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.
- The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so…
- 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…
- There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of…
- Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible…
- I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten…
- Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that…
- The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
- Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever…
- Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political…
- None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise…
More Heroic Quotes
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. — Margaret Atwood
- Myths and creeds are heroic struggles to comprehend the truth in the world. — Ansel Adams
- Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also take responsibility… — Evan Bayh
- Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
- What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
- Nothing is given to man on earth - struggle is built into the nature of life, and conflict is possible - the… — Andrew Bernstein
- When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. — Joseph Campbell
- I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but… — Jane Campion
- I'm not saying this in a condescending kind of way, but it's quite simple: The making of America was a heroic thing.… — Nick Cave
- Either you repeat the same conventional doctrines everybody is saying, or else you say something true, and it will sound like it's… — Noam Chomsky
- If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion. — Noam Chomsky