Vaclav Havel

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more
humane society will not emerge.

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more
humane society will not emerge.

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil read more

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...

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, read more

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.

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of read more

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

Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It
is not the conviction that something will read more

Hope is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart. It
is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty
that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.