Jiří Hájek

Czechoslovak politician (1913-1993), member of czechoslovak national parliament, minister of foreign affairs and minister of education.

Born June 6th, 1913 in Krhanice. [ref]

Died October 22nd, 1993 at 80 years old in Prague. [ref]

Occupations
diplomat, historian, jurist, political scientist, politician, university teacher, writer
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche