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Etty Hillesum has 41 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my duty as…
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As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good things of…
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I feel like a small battlefield in which the problems, or some of the problems, of our time are being fought out.…
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It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that he thinks…
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I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to…
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To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or the reverse,…
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Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental…
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Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.
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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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Thinking gets you nowhere. It may be a fine and noble aid in academic studies, but you can't think your way out…
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We should be willing to act as a balm for all wounds.
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That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study with perfect…
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One day you will realise that for your life to change for the better, you must first change for the better.
— Leon Brown
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If you want to change the world, first change your heart.
— Confucius
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As your consciousness becomes more settled, all your life patterns change. What religions have called sin will disappear from your life, and…
— Rajneesh
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If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible,…
— T. Harv Eker
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To change the world, you must first change yourself. And baby, that's hard enough.
— Alonzo King
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If you want to change the way others treat you, you should first change the way you treat yourself. Unless you learn…
— Elif Safak
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To change the world, we must first change the way the babies are being born,
— Michel Odent
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When you want to change your circumstances, you must first change your thinking.
— Rhonda Byrne
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There is little sense in attempting to change external conditions, you must first change inner beliefs, then outer conditions will change accordingly.
— Bryan Adams
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Beside Mama, in my own folding chair, with my feet sticking out in front of me, I thought about my own innards.…
— Katherine Dunn
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In order to change your life outside, you must first change inside
— Louise Hay
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If we want to change things, we must first change ourselves. If we want to play -- if we want to change…
— Paul Rusesabagina
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