Quotes by : Etty Hillesum

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

Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories but I always end....

Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more....

Ik zou een héél boek willen schrijven over een kiezelsteen en over een paars viooltje. Ik zou met één....

Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship sailing across endless oceans never in search of safe....

We have to fight them daily like fleas those many small worries about the morrow for they sap our....

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

Suffering has always been with us does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how....

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength.

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