In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in perfectionism.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good,...

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless.

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which...

Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which...

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear...

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well,...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

In order to go on living one must try to escape the death involved in...

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible...

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

The point, as Marx saw it, is that dreams never come true.

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon...

The defiance of established authority, religious and secular, social and political, as a world-wide phenomenon...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble!...

It is quite gratifying to feel guilty if you haven't done anything wrong: how noble!...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from...

Death not merely ends life, it also bestows upon it a silent completeness, snatched from...

Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed...

Love, in distinction from friendship, is killed, or rather extinguished, the moment it is displayed...

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Live never to be ashamed if anything you do or say is published around the...

Live never to be ashamed if anything you do or say is published around the...

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant. instead of...

I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant. instead of...

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was...

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was...

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it...

Strive for perfection in everything you do. Take the best that exists and make it...

Peace, like charity, begins at home

Peace, like charity, begins at home