Quote by Hannah Arendt
Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. - Hannah Arendt

Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom. – Hannah Arendt

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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

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Truth
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The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt. For mortals, the easy life of the gods would be a lifeless life. – Hannah Arendt

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Effort
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been. – Hannah Arendt

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power
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Forgiveness
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Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANCs military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. – Desmond Tutu

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Forgiveness

Forgotten is forgiven. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Forgiveness

The first step in forgiveness is the willingness to forgive. – Marianne Williamson

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Forgiveness

Acceptance and tolerance and forgiveness, those are life-altering lessons. – Jessica Lange

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Forgiveness

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