"Our many Jewish friends and acquaintances are being taken away in droves. The Gestapo is treating them very roughly and transporting them in cattle cars to Westerbork, the big camp in Drenthe to which they're sending all the Jews....If it's that bad in Holland, what must it be like in those faraway and uncivilized places where the Germans are sending them? We assume that most of them are being murdered. The English radio says they're being gassed."
Quote collection
Anne Frank quotes (page 2 of 11)
215 quotes — follow a thought to its full quote page.
"Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!"
"What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again"
"As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more."
"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."
"Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, 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 long 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."
"Where there is hope...there is life"
"I 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."
"Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there as long as you live, to make you happy again. Whenever you're feeling lonely or sad, try going to the loft on a beautiful day and looking outside. Not at the houses and the rooftops, but at the sky. As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more."
"Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls."
"I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!"
"It'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."
"Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction."
"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."
"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!"
"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."
"You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only."
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside"
"How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!"