5 Quotes by Vaclav Havel about men

  • Author Vaclav Havel
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    The real test of a man is not when he plays the role that he wants for himself but when he plays the role destiny has for him.

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    The most important thing is that man should be the measure of all structures, including economic structures, and not that man be made to measure for those structures. The most important thing is not to lose sight of personal relationships - i.e., the relationships between man and his co-workers, between subordinates and their superiors, between man and his work, between this work and its consequences.

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    If the world is to change for the better it must start with a change in human consciousness, in the very humanness of modern man.

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    Man is a part of the world, and his spirit is part of the spirit of the world. We are merely a peculiar mode of Being, a living atom within it, or, rather, a cell that, if sufficiently open to itself and its own mystery, can also experience the mystery, the will, the pain, and the hope of the world.

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    The Declaration of Independence states the the Creator gave man the right to liberty. It seems man can realize that liberty only if he does not forget the One who endowed him with it.

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