The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning -- in other words, of absurdity --the more energetically meaning is sought. - Vaclav Havel. View more images...

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness a more humane society will not emerge. - Vaclav Havel. View more images...

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. - Vaclav Havel. View more images...

Vision is not enough, it must be combined with venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs. - Vaclav Havel. View more images...

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... - Vaclav Havel. View more images...

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. - Vaclav Havel. View more images...

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. - Vaclav Havel. View more images...

Hope is an orientation of 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. - Vaclav Havel. View more images...