--- title: "Best Etty Hillesum Quotes" description: "Esther \"Etty\" Hillesum was a Dutch Jewish author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-etty-hillesum-34093.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-etty-hillesum-34093.jpg) # Etty Hillesum (1914–1943) Writer Kingdom of the Netherlands **62** quotes in **421** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Etty Hillesum was a writer from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, best known for *Het verstoorde leven: Dagboek van Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943*. ## Quick Facts About Etty Hillesum Born January 15, 1914 Died November 30, 1943 Nationality Kingdom of the Netherlands Profession Writer Notable works Het verstoorde leven: Dagboek van Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943 Known for An Interrupted Life ## About Etty Hillesum Esther "Etty" Hillesum was a Dutch Jewish author of confessional letters and diaries which describe both her religious awakening and the persecutions of Jewish people in Amsterdam during the German occupation. In 1943, she was deported and murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp. ## Quotes by Etty Hillesum · Page 2 > [I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-do-believe-it-is-possible-to-create-even-without-ever-writing-a/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e2/etty-hillesum-9002_believe_i-do-believe-it-is-possible-to-create-ev_2478747.jpg) > [We have to fight them daily, lake fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/we-have-to-fight-them-daily-lake-fleas-those-many-small-worries-about/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Energy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/energy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc9/etty-hillesum-9002_energy_we-have-to-fight-them-daily-lake-fleas-t_2869648.jpg) > [Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks he ought to destroy in others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/each-of-us-must-turn-inward-and-destroy-in-himself-all-that-he-thinks/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Destroy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/destroy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/669/etty-hillesum-9002_destroy_each-of-us-must-turn-inward-and-destroy_2605565.jpg) > [Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories, but I always end up with just one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/sometimes-i-try-my-hand-at-turning-out-small-profundities-and/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Ends](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ends/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c06/etty-hillesum-9002_ends_sometimes-i-try-my-hand-at-turning-out-s_1056613.jpg) > [Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/greed-probably-figures-in-my-intellectual-life-as-well-as-i-attempt/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Amount](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amount/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11c/etty-hillesum-9002_amount_greed-probably-figures-in-my-intellectua_2756806.jpg) > [How rash to assert that man shapes his own destiny. All he can do is determine his inner responses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/how-rash-to-assert-that-man-shapes-his-own-destiny-all-he-can-do-is/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Can do](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/can-do/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/199/etty-hillesum-9002_can-do_how-rash-to-assert-that-man-shapes-his-o_733218.jpg) > [If one finds the strength to deal with small things, one finds it to deal with the large ones as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/if-one-finds-the-strength-to-deal-with-small-things-one-finds-it-to/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Creativity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/creativity/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e6/etty-hillesum-9002_creativity_if-one-finds-the-strength-to-deal-with-s_331209.jpg) > [To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/to-live-fully-outwardly-and-inwardly-not-to-ignore-the-external/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Inner life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/inner-life/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/etty-hillesum-9002_inner-life_to-live-fully-outwardly-and-inwardly-not_537961.jpg) > [Sometimes I feel that every word spoken and every gesture made merely serve to exacerbate misunderstandings. Then what I would really like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/sometimes-i-feel-that-every-word-spoken-and-every-gesture-made-merely/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Feels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/feels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/etty-hillesum-9002_feels_sometimes-i-feel-that-every-word-spoken_1871178.jpg) > [“Wanneer een S.S.-man me dood zou trappen, dan zou ik nog opkijken naar z'n gezicht en me met angstige verbazing en menselijke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/wanneer-een-s-s-man-me-dood-zou-trappen-dan-zou-ik-nog-opkijken-naar/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Hart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c5/etty-hillesum-9002_hart_wanneer-een-s-s-man-me-dood-zou-trappen_3192252.jpg) > [Every day I shall put my papers in order and every day I shall say farewell. And the real farewell, when it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/every-day-i-shall-put-my-papers-in-order-and-every-day-i-shall-say/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Accomplished](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accomplished/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be9/etty-hillesum-9002_accomplished_every-day-i-shall-put-my-papers-in-order_1064155.jpg) > [I keep remembering from my early student days how I would walk at night through the streets, my hands bunched into fists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-keep-remembering-from-my-early-student-days-how-i-would-walk-at/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Back home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/back-home/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c2/etty-hillesum-9002_back-home_i-keep-remembering-from-my-early-student_734738.jpg) > [It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/it-is-the-only-thing-we-can-do-each-of-us-must-turn-inward-and/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Add](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/add/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b7/etty-hillesum-9002_add_it-is-the-only-thing-we-can-do-each-of-u_1770079.jpg) > [Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your way out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/thinking-gets-you-nowhere-it-may-be-a-fine-and-noble-aid-in-academic/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Academic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ae/etty-hillesum-9002_academic_thinking-gets-you-nowhere-it-may-be-a-fi_2598887.jpg) > [A large group of us were crowded into the Gestapo hall, and at that moment the circumstances of all our lives were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/a-large-group-of-us-were-crowded-into-the-gestapo-hall-and-at-that/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Alike](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alike/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/etty-hillesum-9002_alike_a-large-group-of-us-were-crowded-into-th_80081.jpg) > [I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-really-see-no-other-solution-than-to-turn-inwards-and-to-root-out/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Believe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/believe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db8/etty-hillesum-9002_believe_i-really-see-no-other-solution-than-to-t_973959.jpg) > [As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/as-life-becomes-harder-and-more-threatening-it-also-becomes-richer/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6a/etty-hillesum-9002_accepting_as-life-becomes-harder-and-more-threaten_1359124.jpg) > [One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/one-must-also-accept-that-one-has-uncreative-moments-the-more/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Accepting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accepting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bf/etty-hillesum-9002_accepting_one-must-also-accept-that-one-has-uncrea_2226164.jpg) > [I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/i-don-t-want-to-be-anything-special-i-only-want-to-try-to-be-true-to/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Being true](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/being-true/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29c/etty-hillesum-9002_being-true_i-don-t-want-to-be-anything-special-i-on_3212244.jpg) > [Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just what I keep trying to do. But it won't work,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/life-cannot-be-captured-in-a-few-axioms-and-that-is-just-what-i-keep/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Axioms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/axioms/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b35/etty-hillesum-9002_axioms_life-cannot-be-captured-in-a-few-axioms_993515.jpg) > [Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/ultimately-we-have-just-one-moral-duty-to-reclaim-large-areas-of/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Duty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/duty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a81/etty-hillesum-9002_duty_ultimately-we-have-just-one-moral-duty-t_1521264.jpg) > [And I believe that I will never be able to hate any human being for his so-called 'wickedness,' that I shall only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/etty-hillesum/and-i-believe-that-i-will-never-be-able-to-hate-any-human-being-for/) [Etty Hillesum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/) [Able](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/able/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/261/etty-hillesum-9002_able_and-i-believe-that-i-will-never-be-able_3161143.jpg) ## Etty Hillesum by topic [Life (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/etty-hillesum/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/etty-hillesum/#itemlist", "name": "Etty Hillesum Quotes", "numberOfItems": 22, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "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. 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