All political institutions are manifestations and materializations of power; they petrify and decay as soon as the living power of the people ceases to uphold them.
Hannah ArendtWe have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for their abundance.
Hannah ArendtAt any rate, nothing was more characteristic of him [Walter Benjamin] in the thirties than the little notebooks with black covers which he always carried with him and in which he tirelessly entered in the form of quotations what daily living and reading netted him in the way of "pearls" and "coral." On occasion he read from them aloud, showed them around like items from a choice and precious collection.
Hannah ArendtThe true dividing line between people is whether they are capable of being in love with their destiny.
Hannah Arendt