HUMANIST

“Isn’t it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties?” ~ Václav Havel

Václav Havel’s unwavering commitment to and involvement in the protection of human rights around the world transcended all religions. He formed special relationships with great spiritual leaders such as Pope John Paul II, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and was the first leader of a free former Soviet bloc country to visit Israel. Havel was an intellectual and a dedicated humanist in a constant search for spirituality and morality. It was this spirituality which Havel believed that gives democracy its “universal resonance” and “connects all cultures and in fact all humanity.”
Photo © Oldřich Škácha
2004 – with His Holiness the Dalai Lama