Vaclav Havel — "I am a man who believes in dialogue."

"Life is a magnificent gift, a unique opportunity, a great adventure."

"I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the entire structure of government, where words can prove mightier than ten military divisions."

"The greatest prison is the one we build for ourselves."

"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."

"Politics, when it is done well, is a service to others, not a means to personal power or enrichment."