"Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to……" — Etty Hillesum
"Ultimately, we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and to reflect it towards others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our troubled world."
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41 Quotes by Etty Hillesum
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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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