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Quote of Hannah Arendt - For the confirmation of my identity...


Biography - Hannah Arendt:

German-born American political theorist.
Born: 1906 - Died: 1975
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: Germany
Germany

For the confirmation of my identity I depend entirely upon other people.



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Translation

(French)



French
Pour être confirmé dans mon identité, je dépends entièrement des autres.




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Quotes for: others


Quotes

Quotes about others:


Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.





The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





To be happy, we must consider the happiness of another.





Let the other side be heard as well.
Seneca / 





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











Quotes for: oneself


Quotes

Quotes about oneself:


It is of immense importance to learn to laugh at ourselves.





The best means of learning to know oneself is seeking to understand others.





A happy life, therefore, is one which is in accordance with its own nature.





The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.





Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.











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Quotes for: identity




Quotes

Hannah Arendt also said...


Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.





Action, with all its uncertainties, is like an ever-present reminder that men, though they must die, are not born in order to die, but to begin something new.





Finding the right words at the right moment is action.





The best of all will be those who know only one thing for certain: that whatever else happens, as long as we live we shall have to live together with ourselves.





Unthinking people are like sleepwalkers.





What I propose, therefore, is very simple: it is nothing more than to think what we are doing.












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