Hope - in Meaning, Not Certainty
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense.
Václav Havel
Czech playwright, philosopher, dissident, first president of Czechoslovakia, recipient of the Kyoto Prize.
All moments: Václav Havel
- From Absurdity to Meaning — Václav Havel
Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing absurdity.
- Salvation in Human Heart — Václav Havel
The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in human power to reflect.
- Truth in Quest's Companionship — Václav Havel
Keep the company of those who seek the truth; run from those who have found it.
- Revolution of Nobility — Václav Havel
You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances.
- Honesty - Your Path — Václav Havel
Truth and love must prevail over lies and hatred. This is the only path to dignity.
- Inalienable Human Rights — Václav Havel
Human rights are not a privilege, they are the foundation upon which every society rests.
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