To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious. Hannah Arendt on age
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. Hannah Arendt on beauty
This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst expect the best and take what comes. Hannah Arendt on best
Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from the hazardous flux to which all things human are subject. Hannah Arendt on death
In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism. Hannah Arendt on death
Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake it for a universal one. Hannah Arendt on experience
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt on forgiveness
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. Hannah Arendt on freedom
Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either lead into freedom or constitute a proof for its existence. Hannah Arendt on freedom
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. Hannah Arendt on freedom
Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in his never wholly successful attempts to liberate himself from necessity. Hannah Arendt on freedom
Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible. Hannah Arendt on future
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. Hannah Arendt on good
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. Hannah Arendt on good
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it. Hannah Arendt on happiness
No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our history has determined the very existence of politics, the cause of freedom versus tyranny. Hannah Arendt on history
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past. Hannah Arendt on history
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. Hannah Arendt on nature
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past. Hannah Arendt on nature
Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You deserve delight. Hannah Arendt on peace