There are times when we must sink to the bottom of our misery to understand truth, just as we must descend to the bottom of a well to see the stars in broad daylight.

Quote by Vaclav Havel

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If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now...

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political...

Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political...

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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

Lying can never save us from another lie.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

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 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...

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...

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...

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...