When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete. Vaclav Havel completefreedomtruth Change image and share on social
Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life. Vaclav Havel factguardianlife Change image and share on social
Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace. Vaclav Havel autonomouscitizenexternal share on social
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 felthopelife Change image and share on social
The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the powerful and that of the powerless, all the more so because these worlds are never divided by a sharp line: everyone has a small part of himself in both. Vaclav Havel determinedivideexercise share on social
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 hearthumanlie Change image and share on social
Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that order - a way of surprising. Vaclav Havel assumedisruptdrama Change image and share on social
But if I were to say who influenced me most, then I'd say Franz Kafka. And his works were always anchored in the Central European region. Vaclav Havel anchorecentraleuropean Change image and share on social
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 certaintyconvictionhope Change image and share on social
The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it. Vaclav Havel attemptdeceptivedevote Change image and share on social
