Hartmut, Rosa

"We must recover the power of attention."

"The modern world promises liberation but delivers frantic servitude."

"Learning requires slowness and cannot be accelerated without loss."

"The crisis of the family stems from the acceleration of all else."

"We need courage to step off the acceleration treadmill."

"True leisure is impossible in an acceleration society."

"The good society makes room for what cannot be commodified."

"Resonance is the antidote to nihilism."

"We are experiencing a crisis of attention that is a crisis of meaning."

"The modern self is fragmented by competing demands."

"Art requires the permission to waste time."

"Hope lies in reimagining what the good life can be."

"We must learn to love the world enough to slow down for it."

"The acceleration of science has created new forms of alienation."

"Work without meaning is the deepest form of modern suffering."

"Perseverance in resisting acceleration is a moral necessity."

"We are grateful for less than we have known and more than we need."

"The good imagination is ecological and refuses acceleration."

"Modern life militates against the formation of a coherent self."

"We must create institutions of deceleration and resistance."

"The human spirit rebels against the logic of acceleration."

"Dreams are what we sacrifice on the altar of acceleration."

"The beauty of the world reveals itself only to the patient eye."

"We are dying from success in the conquest of time."

"The modern family needs protection from the acceleration society."

"Patience is the cardinal virtue of our age."

"The good life requires us to say no to most opportunities."

"We must reclaim our freedom from the tyranny of productivity."

"The future belongs to those who can imagine alternatives to acceleration."

"Kindness emerges from the willingness to slow down for others."