"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole……" — Etty Hillesum
"Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths."
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41 Quotes by Etty Hillesum
Etty Hillesum has 41 quotes on this site.
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There are moments when I feel like giving up or giving in, but I soon rally again and do my…
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As life becomes harder and more threatening, it also becomes richer, because the fewer expectations we have, the more good…
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I feel like a small battlefield in which the problems, or some of the problems, of our time are being…
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It is the only thing we can do. Each of us must turn inward and destroy in himself all that…
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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…
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To live fully, outwardly and inwardly, not to ignore the external reality for the sake of the inner life, or…
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Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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More Breaths Quotes
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Our abode in this world is transitory, our life therein is but a loan, our breaths are numbered and our…
— Abu Bakr
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One should make his decisions within the space of seven breaths.
— Yamamoto Tsunetomo
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If you can rhythmically slow down your breath to four breaths a minute, you can indirectly control your mind and…
— Harbhajan Singh Yogi
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Each of your breaths is a priceless jewel, since each of them is irreplaceable and once gone, can never be…
— Al-Ghazali
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Neglect not your time, nor use it haphazardly; on the contrary you should bring yourself to account. Structure your litanies…
— Al-Ghazali
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The spirit of a country, if it is to be true to itself, needs continually to draw great breaths of…
— Unknown Author
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Are psychiatric crises so overwhelming to the mind that they inhibit the presence of ethics? Is depression at root an…
— Lauren Slater
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Keep calm and carry on. A challenging time is just that - a period in time. Taking a few deep…
— Unknown Author
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Just breathe. Sometimes you're only a few breaths away from feeling better.
— Amy Poehler
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Jesus beckons me to follow him to that place of weakness where I risk the vulnerability of a child so…
— Gary Haugen
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The tree of life knows that, whatever happens, the warm music spinning around it will never stop. However much death…
— Eduardo Galeano
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Floating in the void free of gravity I made my way along the side of the ship. I listened to…
— Elisabeth Eaves
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