5 October

Born in 1864 – Louis Lumière, French filmmaker and photographer.

Above: Still life of flowers and ferns, by the Lumière brothers, Louis and Auguste, 1907.

Also, born in 1936, Czech poet, playwright, and president of the Czech Republic Václav Havel, who said:

As soon as man began considering himself the source of the highest meaning in the world and the measure of everything, the world began to lose its human dimension, and man began to lose control of it.

and

Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.