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Category Archive: October 5

Vaclav Havel Quote: “When a truth is not given…”

When a truth is not given complete freedom, freedom is not complete.

May 17, 2019 1936, Czechoslovakian, October 5, Quotes by Leaders, Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel Quote: “Hope is definitely not the same…”

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.

May 10, 2019 1936, Czechoslovakian, October 5, Quotes by Leaders, Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel Quote: “The attempt to devote oneself to…”

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.

April 22, 2019 1936, Czechoslovakian, October 5, Quotes by Leaders, Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel Quote: “The tragedy of modern man is…”

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.

April 12, 2019 1936, Czechoslovakian, October 5, Quotes by Leaders, Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel Quote: “If we are to change our…”

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He’s not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he’s really needed.

April 3, 2019 1936, Czechoslovakian, October 5, Quotes by Leaders, Vaclav Havel

John Erskine Quote: “Opinion is that exercise of the…”

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.

March 10, 2019 1879, American, John Erskine, October 5, Quotes by Poets

Vaclav Havel Quote: “The exercise of power is determined…”

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.

February 28, 2019 1936, Czechoslovakian, October 5, Quotes by Leaders, Vaclav Havel

Vaclav Havel Quote: “Theater is there to search for…”

Theater is there to search for questions. It doesn’t give you instructions.

February 1, 2019 1936, Czechoslovakian, October 5, Quotes by Leaders, Vaclav Havel

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