Quote by Vaclav Havel
The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about

The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning of his own life but that it bothers him less and less. – Vaclav Havel

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The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it. – Vaclav Havel

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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

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Without free, self-respecting, and autonomous citizens there can be no free and independent nations. Without internal peace, that is, peace among citizens and between the citizens and the state, there can be no guarantee of external peace. – Vaclav Havel

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Mourn not the dead that in the cool earth lie, but rather mourn the apathetic, throng the coward and the meek who see the worlds great anguish and its wrong, and dare not speak. – Ralph Chaplin

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Indifference creates an artificial peace. – Mason Cooley

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Everything proceeds as if of its own accord, and this can all too easily tempt us to relax and let things take their course without troubling over details. Such indifference is the root of all evil. – I Ching

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People are people, and grief that is limited to those within a specific political boundary denies the humanity of others. – Robert Jensen

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With both kids, I started working out again at 16 days postpartum, but I treated myself with kindness, doing mild workouts, because my fitness level was lower. – Gabrielle Reece

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Well – I started writing – probably in the early 60s and by say 65-66 I had read most of the poetry that had been published – certainly in the 20 years prior to that. – Robert Adamson

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