Logo
Quote by Vaclav Havel
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 powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good. – Vaclav Havel

Other quotes by Vaclav Havel

Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the lowest point; only then can he look beyond it. It is obviously impossible to get around it, jump over it, or simply avoid it. – Vaclav Havel

Category:
Absurdity
Author
Vaclav Havel
Read 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

Category:
Hope
Author
Vaclav Havel
Read Quote

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. – Vaclav Havel

Category:
Hope
Author
Vaclav Havel
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
good
category

You can do more good by being good than any other way. – John Wooden

Category:
good

Some people thought we were presenting Archie as a false character. President Nixon thought we were making a fool out of a good man. – Carroll OConnor

Category:
good

Its no good running a pig farm badly for 30 years while saying, Really, I was meant to be a ballet dancer. By then, pigs will be your style. – Quentin Crisp

Category:
good

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you dont know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is! – Anne Frank

Category:
good

Random Quotes

I was born to a Nigerian dad and a Kenyan mom, and coming to the States was really academic. – Dayo Okeniyi

Category:
mom

Perhaps, all writers walk such a line. In general – as we all do in our dreams – I believe I put something of myself into all the characters in my novels, male as well as female. – Rose Tremain

Category:
Dreams

I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction. – Steven Spielberg

Category:
Science

Great events make me quiet and calm it is only trifles that irritate my nerves. – Queen Victoria

Category:
great