Vaclav Havel

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 significance. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#any #effect #even #gain #gradually

As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#considering #control #dimension #everything #highest

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 surrounds you. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#feeling #hope #life #meaning #regardless

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#guardians #i #i wonder #in fact #life

Lying can never save us from another lie. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#lie #lying #never #save #us

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 to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#around #avoid #beyond #descend #get

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#conviction #hope #how #makes #out

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 more highly structured and to struggle against entropy. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#basic #constant #entropy #ever #highly

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#heart #human #human heart #human power #human world

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. ↗

— Vaclav Havel

#anyone #consistently #does #himself #laugh