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.

Quote by Vaclav Havel

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Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to...

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to...

As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the...

As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the...

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often,...

The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often,...

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the...

The exercise of power is determined by thousands of interactions between the world of the...

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and...

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and...

Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that...

Drama assumes an order. If only so that it might have - by disrupting that...

None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population,...

None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population,...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that...

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

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

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

There's always something suspect about an intellectual on the winning side.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who...

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who...

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand...

There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand...

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only...

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only...

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who...

Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps...

To be free is to have achieved your life.

To be free is to have achieved your life.

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make...

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make...

If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full...

If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full...