Hope is the deep orientation of the human soul that can be held at the darkest times. Author: Václav Havel Copy Quote More from Václav Havel “The dissident does not operate in the realm of genuine power at all. He is not …” “The tragedy of modern man is not that he knows less and less about the meaning …” “As the interpretation of reality by the power structure, ideology is always sub…” “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty…”