Quote by Vaclav Havel

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.

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this dee

Summary

This quote emphasizes the distinction between hope and the external circumstances of the world. Hope, according to the quote, is not reliant on favorable conditions or guaranteed outcomes. Instead, it is portrayed as a state of mind driven by the intrinsic belief in the inherent goodness of a cause or objective. The quote suggests that hope is rooted in the ability to persevere and strive for something worthwhile, regardless of external circumstances or immediate rewards.

By Vaclav Havel

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of t

Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered name; logic protects us against what we say have double meaning.

Rosenstock Huessy

Language

I must confess that most modern mysticism seems to me to be

I must confess that most modern mysticism seems to me to be simply a method of imparting useless knowledge in a form that no one can understand

Humor Funny Mysticism

The truth is not believable to someone who has not lived it

The truth is not believable to someone who has not lived it in his muscles.

Truth Belief Muscles Rwandan Genocide

Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, dev

Literature transforms and intensifies ordinary language, deviates systematically from everyday speech. If you approach me at a bus stop and murmur Thou still unravished bride of quietness, then I am instantly aware that I am in the presence of the literary.

Books

If a site is done with pleasure and a fun attitude, it's a g

If a site is done with pleasure and a fun attitude, it's a great way to communicate with your fans.

Christopher Lambert

Attitude

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be pa

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.

Truth

From computers to information technology to airplanes, it ha

From computers to information technology to airplanes, it has been America's unique blend of republican government and free-market capitalism that has allowed us to surpass all other nations in history.

George Nethercutt

Computers

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy

I think the way IBM has embraced the open source philosophy has been quite astonishing, but gratifying. I hope they'll do very well with it.

Hope

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

The miserable have no other medicine but hope.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Hope Misery

Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers,

Man... knows only when he is satisfied and when he suffers, and only his sufferings and his satisfactions instruct him concerning himself, teach him what to seek and what to avoid. For the rest, man is a confused creature; he knows not whence he comes or whither he goes, he knows little of the world, and above all, he knows little of himself.

Johann von Goethe

Humanity

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the forc

Here undoubtedly lies the chief poetic energy: --in the force of imagination that pierces or exalts the solid fact, instead of floating among cloud-pictures.

Poetry

Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river.

Never insult an alligator until you've crossed the river.

Insults