Václav Havel Zitate

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„Durch Misstrauen gegenüber den Worten kann entschieden weniger verdorben werden als durch übertriebenes Vertrauen in sie.“

„Der Prozess der gesamteuropäischen Integration wird offenbar ein sehr kompliziertes, simultanes Spiel auf vielen Schachbrettern zugleich sein.“

„Das Heil dieser menschlichen Welt liegt nirgendwo anders als im menschlichen Herzen, in der menschlichen Reflexionskraft, in der menschlichen Sanftmut und in der menschlichen Verantwortung.“

“I appeal to all pupils, students and young people, asking you to focus on the horizons that are opening up for you, and which you could only dream of a year ago. Our future will depend on your desire for education and moral values as well as on your entrepreneurial spirit.”

“True enough, the country is calm. Calm as a morgue or a grave, would you not say?”

“Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.”

“We have discovered that what a year ago seemed to be a neglected house is essentially a ruin.
This is not a pleasant fact, and it is not surprising that all of us are rather annoyed and disappointed about it.”

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