Revolution of Nobility
You are thrown into it by your personal sense of responsibility, combined with a complex set of external circumstances.
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.
- Hope - in Meaning, Not Certainty — Václav Havel
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense.
- 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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