None of us know all the potentialities that slumber in the spirit of the population, or all the ways in which that population can surprise us when there is the right interplay of events.

Quote by Vaclav Havel

Topics: Vaclav Havel Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without...

Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without...

Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am...

Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am...

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...

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so...

Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so...

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...

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity...

The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity...

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

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

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Censorship, like charity, should begin at home, but unlike charity, it should end there.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...

It is amazing how many of those who consider themselves thinking people respond automatically to...