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

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

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

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what...

Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what...

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 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...

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...

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties.

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...

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...

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more...

The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more...

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...

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by...

For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by...

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...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that...

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.

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...

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity,...

Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity,...

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...

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...

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...