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.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence...

Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence...

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of...

Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of...

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...

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes....

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes....

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of...

To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of...

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

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...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech...

By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road...

By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road...

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit...

The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit...

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...

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...

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...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once...

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour...

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

Awareness arises out of a decision that we, and only we, can make a very...

Awareness arises out of a decision that we, and only we, can make a very...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

The more you reason the less you create

The more you reason the less you create

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...

In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict,...