Vaclav Havel Quotes:
Ocupation: Former President of Czechoslovakia
Life: October 5, 1936 - December 18, 2011
Birthday: October 5
Death: December 18
Man is in fact nailed down - like Christ on the Cross - to a grid of paradoxes. He balances between the torment of not knowing his mission and the joy of carrying it out, between nothingness and meaningfulness. And like Christ, he is in fact victorious by virtue of his defeats.
source: "Václav Havel: Heir to a Spiritual Legacy" by Richard L. Stanger. Christian Century article, pp.368-370, www.religion-online.org. April 11, 1990. 
topic: Men, Christ On The Cross, Knowing, Meaningfulness
