01UndatedHow wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.Anne Frank / quote ↗
04UndatedParents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.Anne Frank / quote ↗
06UndatedIn the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.Anne Frank / quote ↗
07UndatedAlthough I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.Anne Frank / quote ↗
08UndatedThe question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people?Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?Anne Frank / quote ↗
09UndatedIf we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.Anne Frank / quote ↗
10UndatedI've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!Anne Frank / quote ↗
11UndatedIn spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.Anne Frank / quote ↗
12UndatedThe best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.Anne Frank / quote ↗
13UndatedThere's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.Anne Frank / quote ↗
14UndatedPeople who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You don't necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people can't accept, but still a religion, it doesn't matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isn't the fear of God but the upholding of one's own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the while day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then, without realizing it you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that: "A quiet conscience mades one strong!Anne Frank / quote ↗
16UndatedWho has inflicted this upon us? Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly up till now? It is God that has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who will raise us up again. If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example. Who knows, it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we have to suffer now. We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or representatives of any country for that matter; we will always remain Jews, but we want to, too.Anne Frank / quote ↗
17UndatedThe best remedy for those who are frightened, lovely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.Anne Frank / quote ↗
19UndatedRiches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.Anne Frank / quote ↗
20UndatedIt's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.Anne Frank / quote ↗
21UndatedIt's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.Anne Frank / quote ↗
22UndatedI can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.Anne Frank / quote ↗
23UndatedThe best remedy for those who are frightened, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid nature's beauty and simplicity.As long as this exists, and that should be forever, I know that there will be solace for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances. I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer.Anne Frank / quote ↗
24UndatedThere's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over againAnne Frank / quote ↗
