Quote by Vaclav Havel
Modern man must descend the spiral of his own absurdity to the low

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

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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

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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

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Hope 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

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People who cannot recognize a palpable absurdity are very much in the way of civilization. – Agnes Repplier

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Absurdity. A statement or belief manifestly inconsistent with ones own opinion. – Ambrose Bierce

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At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face. – Albert Camus

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The irrationality of a thing is no argument against its existence, rather a condition of it. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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