Etty Hillesum Quotes

The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world. Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

The more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world.

— Etty Hillesum

Slowly but surely I have been soaking Rilke up these last few Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Slowly but surely I have been soaking Rilke up these last few

— Etty Hillesum

I don’t think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

I don’t think I have nerves of steel, far from it, but

— Etty Hillesum

To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality

— Etty Hillesum

We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds. Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.

— Etty Hillesum

We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries

— Etty Hillesum

Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain

— Etty Hillesum

Life is good, after all…and that’s what stays with me, even Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Life is good, after all…and that’s what stays with me, even

— Etty Hillesum

Such words as ‘God’ and ‘Death’ and ‘Suffering’ and ‘Eternity’ are best Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Such words as ‘God’ and ‘Death’ and ‘Suffering’ and ‘Eternity’ are best

— Etty Hillesum

Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just

— Etty Hillesum

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in

— Etty Hillesum

I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to

— Etty Hillesum

The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us. Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us.

— Etty Hillesum

Most people write off their longing for friends and family as so Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Most people write off their longing for friends and family as so

— Etty Hillesum

When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or

— Etty Hillesum

We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries

— Etty Hillesum

How rash to assert that man shapes his own destiny. All he Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

How rash to assert that man shapes his own destiny. All he

— Etty Hillesum

It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must

— Etty Hillesum

That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything. Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.

— Etty Hillesum

Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning. Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Despite everything, life is full of beauty and meaning.

— Etty Hillesum

Suffering has always been with us; does it really matter in what Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Suffering has always been with us; does it really matter in what

— Etty Hillesum

All disasters stem from us. Why is there a war? Perhaps because Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

All disasters stem from us. Why is there a war? Perhaps because

— Etty Hillesum

And I believe that I will never be able to hate any Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

And I believe that I will never be able to hate any

— Etty Hillesum

Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first,

— Etty Hillesum

I know and share the many sorrows a human being can experience, Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

I know and share the many sorrows a human being can experience,

— Etty Hillesum

I would be so exhausted by my determination that I had no Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

I would be so exhausted by my determination that I had no

— Etty Hillesum

I feel like a small battlefield in which the problems, or some Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

I feel like a small battlefield in which the problems, or some

— Etty Hillesum

Here, beside this great black surface that is my desk, I feel Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Here, beside this great black surface that is my desk, I feel

— Etty Hillesum

If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds

— Etty Hillesum

If one burdens the future with one’s worries, it cannot grow organically. Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

If one burdens the future with one’s worries, it cannot grow organically.

— Etty Hillesum

I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to

— Etty Hillesum

And now that I don’t want to own anything any more and Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

And now that I don’t want to own anything any more and

— Etty Hillesum

Sometimes my day is crammed full of people and talk and yet Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Sometimes my day is crammed full of people and talk and yet

— Etty Hillesum

The fact is I don’t lead a simple enough inner life. I Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

The fact is I don’t lead a simple enough inner life. I

— Etty Hillesum

Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that

— Etty Hillesum

Every word born of an inner necessity – writing must never be anything else. Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Every word born of an inner necessity – writing must never be anything else.

— Etty Hillesum

Sometimes I long for a convent cell, with the sublime wisdom of Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Sometimes I long for a convent cell, with the sublime wisdom of

— Etty Hillesum

Ought we not, from time to time, open ourselves up to cosmic Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

Ought we not, from time to time, open ourselves up to cosmic

— Etty Hillesum

By ‘coming to terms with life’ I mean: the reality of death Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

By ‘coming to terms with life’ I mean: the reality of death

— Etty Hillesum

A large group of us were crowded into the Gestapo hall, and Etty Hillesum Picture Quote

A large group of us were crowded into the Gestapo hall, and

— Etty Hillesum

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