Who on Earth is Hannah Arendt?

“For politics is not like the nursery; in politics obedience and support are the same.”

“Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.”

“Forgiveness is the only way to reverse the irreversible flow of history.”

“Loving life is easy when you are abroad. Where no one knows you and you hold your life in your hands all alone, you are more master of yourself than at any other time.”

“Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.”

“Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it.”

“The aim of totalitarian education has never been to instill convictions but to destroy the capacity to form any.”

“The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative the day after the revolution.”

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

“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.”

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