Vaclav Havel — "Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty …"
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.
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From his essay 'Disturbing the Peace' and often quoted in speeches.
Date: 1986
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