There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.

Quote by Hannah Arendt

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The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition...

The ceaseless, senseless demand for original scholarship in a number of fields, where only erudition...

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

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

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...

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.

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

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

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....

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

The Third World is not a reality but an ideology.

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.

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...

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...

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an...

Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an...

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

Few girls are as well shaped as a good horse.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.

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...