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Words Quotes by Vaclav Havel
- Twenty or thirty years ago, in the army, we had a lot of obscure adventures, and years later we tell them at parties, and suddenly…
- There can be no doubt that distrust of words is less harmful than unwarranted trust in them.
- As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.
- The only thing I can recommend at this stage is a sense of humor, an ability to see things in their ridiculous and absurd dimensions,…
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