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Vaclav Havel
- 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 less and less.... Vaclav Havel {view}
- 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 one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity...... Vaclav Havel {view}
- Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.... Vaclav Havel {view}
- There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all.... Vaclav Havel {view}
- The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not seeking power. He has no desire for office and does not gather votes. He does not attempt to charm the public, he offers nothing and promises nothing. He can offer, if anything, only his own skin -- and he offers it solely because he has no other way of affirming the truth he stands for. His actions simply articulate his dignity as a citizen, regardless of the cost.... Vaclav Havel {view}