Quotes from Ágnes Heller

In despair and extreme distress, men and women prophesy the downfall of their enemies and the victory of their own cause, simply to vent their rage or indignation, to strengthen their resistance, to amass courage in the face of death.

Every gesture of retribution carries in it the risk of escalation. It is not an insignificant possibility that the morally right may result in the morally wrong.

Ott a legjobb a szÅ'lÅ', ahol honos. Ott érti meg az ember legjobban a demokrácia lényegét, ahol honos.

Had [Shakespeare] put into the mouths of his heroes only prophecies that were later confirmed, he would have made a case for the total predictability of history. The false prophets are there for a purpose; they testify to the unpredictability of the historical future.

Our model of evil ... is Satan, not because he does the wrong things, but because he induces others to do the wrong things by persuading them that evil is right.

Whether moral decisions are evaluated by universal standards or by those of local traditions, moral conflicts are always contextual.

Evil cannot be punished, but it is self-destructive.