Hannah Arendt
(1906-1975)

German-American Political Philosopher

birthdate: October 14
birthplace:
Hannover, East Prussia (Germany)

QUOTES

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be either good or evil.

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.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country.

Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than its rarity that it is not only apolitical but anti-political, perhaps the most powerful of all anti-political human forces.

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon may well one day be accounted the outstanding event of the last decade.

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to certainty; the new therefore always appears in the guise of a miracle.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

 

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