01c. 1937 ADI don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone, are guilty of the war. Oh no, the little man is just as guilty, otherwise the peoples of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There'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, great 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 again.Anne Frank / quote ↗
02c. 1937 ADWhat I condemn are our system of values and the men who don't acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women's share in society is.Anne Frank / quote ↗
04c. 1937 ADThis week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.Anne Frank / quote ↗
05c. 1937 ADIn spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.Anne Frank / quote ↗
06c. 1937 ADEarning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.Anne Frank / quote ↗
08c. 1937 ADThe 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. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.Anne Frank / quote ↗
10c. 1937 ADThe Diary of a Young Girl - This book fills you with sadness. I like this bookAnne Frank / quote ↗
11c. 1937 ADA voice within me is sobbing, "You see that's what's become of you. You're surrounded by negative opinions, dismayed looks and mocking faces, people who dislike you, and all because you don't listen to the advice of your own better half." Believe me, I'd like to listen, but it doesn't work, because if I'm quiet and serious, everyone thinks I'm putting on a new act and I have to save myself with a joke, and then I'm not even talking about my own family, who assume I must be sick, stuff me with aspirins and setatives, feel my neck and forehead to see if I have a temperature, ask about my bowel movements and berate me for being in a bad mood, until I just can't keep it up anymore, because when everybody starts hovering over me, I get cross, then sad, an finally end up turning my heart inside out, the bad part on the outside and the good part on the inside, and keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if . . . if only there were no other people in the world.Yours, Anne M. Frank.Anne Frank / quote ↗
12c. 1937 ADI know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.Anne Frank / quote ↗
15c. 1937 ADHow noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole 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.Anne Frank / quote ↗
16c. 1937 ADEveryone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!Anne Frank / quote ↗
17c. 1937 ADIf I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in hand before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.Anne Frank / quote ↗
18c. 1937 ADI'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn.Anne Frank / quote ↗
19c. 1937 ADAt such times Daddy, Mummy and Margot leave me cold. I wander from one room to another, downstairs and up again, feeling like a songbird whose wings have been clipped and who is hurling himself in utter darkness against the bars of his cage. "Go outside, laugh, and take a breath of fresh air," a voice cries within me, but I don't even feel a response any more; I go and lie on the divan and sleep, to make the time pass more quickly, and the stillness and terrible fear, because there is no way of killing them.Anne Frank / quote ↗
20c. 1937 ADSometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.Anne Frank / quote ↗
21c. 1937 ADI want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere?Anne Frank / quote ↗
23c. 1937 ADHow true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents 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 ↗
