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" In the simplicity of everyday life one rule reigns supreme: Each good action, even for a ‘bad cause,’ adds some real goodness to the world; each bad action even for the most beautiful of all ideals makes our common world a little worse. "

Hannah Arendt , Essays in Understanding, 1930-1954: Formation, Exile, and Totalitarianism


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Hannah Arendt quote : In the simplicity of everyday life one rule reigns supreme: Each good action, even for a ‘bad cause,’ adds some real goodness to the world; each bad action even for the most beautiful of all ideals makes our common world a little worse.