Famous Quotes by Vaclav Havel

Below are famous quotes by Vaclav Havel - Czech dissident, dramatist, & politician (1936 - ).

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for .success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.

The truth is not simply what you think it is; it is also the circumstances in which it is said, and to whom, why and how it is said.

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