Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable to the extent that this is humanly possible.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

Topics: Commitment Quotes, Future Quotes

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...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

Promises are the uniquely human way of ordering the future, making it predictable and reliable...

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which...

The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which...

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think.

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself....

Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself....

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing...

We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing...

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

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...

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and...

Our tradition of political thought had its definite beginning in the teachings of Plato and...

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...

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

War has become a luxury that only small nations can afford.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

To think and to be fully alive are the same.

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying...

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying...

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...

Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than...

Love, by its very nature, is unworldly, and it is for this reason rather than...

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...

True friends are like diamonds; precious but rare. Fake friends are like fall leaves; found...

True friends are like diamonds; precious but rare. Fake friends are like fall leaves; found...

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us,...

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us,...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...

We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only...