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  • Etty Hillesum Quote - I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed. Download This Image
  • Etty Hillesum Quote - I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.
  • Etty Hillesum Quote - I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.
  • Etty Hillesum Quote - I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.
  • Etty Hillesum Quote - I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.
  • Etty Hillesum Quote - I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.
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I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s inner life. And that too is a deed.

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    Here, beside this great black surface that is my desk, I feel as though I am on a desert island.

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Etty Hillesum Quote - That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything. Download This Image

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

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

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

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    Never give up, never escape, take everything in, and perhaps suffer, that’s not too awful either, but never, never give up.

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    Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second.

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    Sometimes I feel that every word spoken and every gesture made merely serve to exacerbate misunderstandings. Then what I would really like is to escape into a great silence and impose that silence on everyone else.

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

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  • Share on Facebook Tweet this! Share on LinkedIn Share on Whatsapp Share on Telegram Etty Hillesum Quote - I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe that we can change anything in the world until we first change ourselves. And that seems to me the only lesson to be learned. Download This Image

    I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe that we can change anything in the world until we first change ourselves. And that seems to me the only lesson to be learned.

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    Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship, sailing across endless oceans, never in search of safe anchorage. Then suddenly, unexpectedly, it will find mooring for a moment.

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    Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories, but I always end up with just one single word: God.

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    Suffering has always been with us; does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and how we fit it into our lives.

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    Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just what I keep trying to do. But it won’t work, for life is full of endless nuances and cannot be captured in just a few formulae.

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