The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity -the more energetically meaning is sought.
Vaclav Havel quote 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.
Vaclav Havel quote Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance.
Vaclav Havel quote Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not.
Vaclav Havel quote If you want to see your plays performed the way you wrote them, become President.
Vaclav Havel quote Lying can never save us from another lie.
Vaclav Havel quote I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect.
Vaclav Havel quote I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions.
Vaclav Havel quote Biography
President of the Czech Republic
