Author: Hannah Arendt

Quotes

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it.

The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it.

- Hannah Arendt

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

- Hannah Arendt

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.

- Hannah Arendt

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.

- Hannah Arendt

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life.

Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life.

- Hannah Arendt

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.

- Hannah Arendt

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

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

- Hannah Arendt

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

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

- Hannah Arendt

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.

Revolutionaries do not make revolutions. The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and then they can pick it up.

- Hannah Arendt

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