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Vaclav Havel Quotes: It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.
         

It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs.


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Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.

Follow the man who seeks the truth; run from the man who has found it.



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.

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.



Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.

Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience.



Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.

Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.



Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.

Without commonly shared and widely entrenched moral values and obligations, neither the law, nor democratic government, nor even the market economy will function properly.



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.

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.



This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.

This is a confusing and uncertain period, when a thousand wise words can go completely unnoticed, and one thoughtless word can provoke an utterly nonsensical furor.



We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.

We must not be afraid of dreaming the seemingly impossible if we want the seemingly impossible to become a reality.



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.

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.



Lying can never save us from another lie.

Lying can never save us from another lie.





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