Hope 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

Topics: Certainty Quotes, Hope Quotes

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...

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.

Sometimes I wonder if suicides aren't in fact sad guardians of the meaning of life.

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or...

Hope is a feeling that life and work have meaning. You either have it or...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in...

The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in...

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that...

Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that...

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...

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,...

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...

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the...

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the...

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire...

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire...

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.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

Man can embody truth but he cannot know it.

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little...

And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little...