The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him. - Václav Havel

Without a global revolution in the sphere of human consciousness, nothing will change for the better in the sphere of our being as humans, and the catastrophe toward which this world is headed — be it ecological, social, demographic or a general breakdown of civilization — will be unavoidable. If we are no longer threatened by world war or by the danger that the absurd mountains of accumulated nuclear weapons might blow up the world, this does not mean that we have definitely won. We are still incapable of understanding that the only genuine backbone of all our actions, if they are to be moral, is responsibility.

Lying can never save us from another lie.

We are finding out that what looked like a neglected house a year ago is in fact a ruin.