Quotes by Havel, Vaclav

If every day a man takes orders in silence from an incompetent superio >>

I think theatre should always be somewhat suspect. >>

I really do inhabit a system in which words are capable of shaking the >>

Quotations about Alienation

There is no religion in which everyday life is not considered a prison >>

Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous viole >>

The most dangerous aspect of present-day life is the dissolution of th >>

Human beings are compelled to live within a lie, but they can be compelled to do so only because they are in fact capable of living in this way. Therefore not only does the system alienate humanity, but at the same time alienated humanity supports this system as its own involuntary master plan, as a degenerate image of its own degeneration, as a record of people's own failure as individuals.

Havel, Vaclav