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0cc8b50	I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.	joy beauty hope inspirational	Anne Frank
e23a7d0	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.	right-of-passage self-determination inspirational self-responsibility personal-responsibility growing-up innocence parenting	Anne Frank
629bb26	Because paper has more patience than people.	inspirational affirming uplifting	Anne Frank
c171ef5	In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.	inspirational	Anne Frank
d2946e8	I think a lot, but I don't say much.		Anne Frank
18152c3	Although 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.	hope inspirational wise	Anne Frank
3e91d5e	A quiet conscience makes one strong!	integrity morality spirituality strength peace	Anne Frank
1469bc8	In 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. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and t..		Anne Frank
73608a0	You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only.		Anne Frank
01ccc7f	As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?		Anne Frank
6e4d48c	But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.	feelings	Anne Frank
66276e4	There'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
00015c3	I wish to go on living even after my death.		Anne Frank
1bab682	Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters!		Anne Frank
caeab61	People 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..	true people life-lessons life truth wisdom inspirational wisdom-quote experience consciousness	Anne Frank
7e79879	The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever		Anne Frank
64c46b0	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.		Anne Frank
0114965	I have one outstanding trait in my character, which must strike anyone who knows me for any length of time, and that is my knowledge of myself. I can watch myself and my actions, just like an outsider. The Anne of every day I can face entirely without prejudice, without making excuses for her, and watch what's good and what's bad about her. This 'self-consciousness' haunts me, and every time I open my mouth I know as soon as I've spoken whe..		Anne Frank
3c9babe	Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should.	world-war-ii diary	Anne Frank
8fa6ea9	The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!	weak survival strong	Anne Frank
2f64f6d	Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.	youngster	Anne Frank
90da324	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.	inspirational judaism holocaust	Anne Frank
6f1fcd0	I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.		Anne Frank
1612406	Ever since I was a little girl and could barely talk, the word 'why' has lived and grown along with me. It's a well-known fact that children ask questions about anything and everything, since almost everything is new to them. That is especially true of me, and not just as a child. Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions. I have to admit that it can be annoying sometimes, but I comfort myself with the thought that "You won't..		Anne Frank
70f681c	I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything to change events anyway.		Anne Frank
075dd9a	Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.		Anne Frank
229f86b	Sympathy, Love, Fortune... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them!		Anne Frank
e3e7dbd	Paper is more patient than man.	thoughts writing life	Anne Frank
ac4ffb0	Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.		Anne Frank
b7ac111	The 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	inspirational anne frank questions	Anne Frank
6de7f57	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.	diary-of-a-young-girl	Anne Frank
0a4ada9	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!"		Anne Frank
de7c2ce	Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.		Anne Frank
f9927b1	In 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.	inspirational	Anne Frank
7049fa0	It'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.	hopes hope grim-reality real-life	Anne Frank
252effe	A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery		Anne Frank
775b542	In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. An what's her reward for enduring all that pain? She gets pushed aside when she's disfigured by birth, her children soon leave, hear beauty is gone. Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courag..	women-s-strength	Anne Frank
02c7396	Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.	sadness	Anne Frank
d81ec55	The 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.	nature spiritual wisdom inspirational heavens	Anne Frank
f3adfb8	This 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
d02a6cb	Love, what is love? I don't think you can really put it into words. Love is understanding someone, caring for him, sharing his joys and sorrows. This eventually includes physical love. You've shared something, given something away and received something in return, whether or not you're married, whether or not you have a baby. Losing your virtue doesn't matter, as long as you know that for as long as you live you'll have someone at your side..		Anne Frank
31d0dee	I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!	humour inspirational	Anne Frank
4f588e9	I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble.		Anne Frank
b212398	I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.	grown-ups fighting	Anne Frank

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

Anne Frank

e23a7d0

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.

right-of-passage self-determination inspirational self-responsibility personal-responsibility growing-up innocence parenting

Anne Frank

629bb26

Because paper has more patience than people.

inspirational affirming uplifting

Anne Frank

c171ef5

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

inspirational

Anne Frank

d2946e8

I think a lot, but I don't say much.

Anne Frank

18152c3

Although 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.

hope inspirational wise

Anne Frank

3e91d5e

A quiet conscience makes one strong!

integrity morality spirituality strength peace

Anne Frank

1469bc8

In 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. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and t..

Anne Frank

73608a0

You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only.

Anne Frank

01ccc7f

As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?

Anne Frank

6e4d48c

But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.

feelings

Anne Frank

66276e4

There'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

00015c3

I wish to go on living even after my death.

Anne Frank

1bab682

Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters!

Anne Frank

caeab61

People 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..

true people life-lessons life truth wisdom inspirational wisdom-quote experience consciousness

Anne Frank

7e79879

The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever

Anne Frank

64c46b0

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.

Anne Frank

0114965

I have one outstanding trait in my character, which must strike anyone who knows me for any length of time, and that is my knowledge of myself. I can watch myself and my actions, just like an outsider. The Anne of every day I can face entirely without prejudice, without making excuses for her, and watch what's good and what's bad about her. This 'self-consciousness' haunts me, and every time I open my mouth I know as soon as I've spoken whe..

Anne Frank

3c9babe

Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should.

world-war-ii diary

Anne Frank

8fa6ea9

The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!

weak survival strong

Anne Frank

2f64f6d

Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.

youngster

Anne Frank

90da324

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.

inspirational judaism holocaust

Anne Frank

6f1fcd0

I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.

Anne Frank

1612406

Ever since I was a little girl and could barely talk, the word 'why' has lived and grown along with me. It's a well-known fact that children ask questions about anything and everything, since almost everything is new to them. That is especially true of me, and not just as a child. Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions. I have to admit that it can be annoying sometimes, but I comfort myself with the thought that "You won't..

Anne Frank

70f681c

I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything to change events anyway.

Anne Frank

075dd9a

Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.

Anne Frank

229f86b

Sympathy, Love, Fortune... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them!

Anne Frank

e3e7dbd

Paper is more patient than man.

thoughts writing life

Anne Frank

ac4ffb0

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.

Anne Frank

b7ac111

The 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

inspirational anne frank questions

Anne Frank

6de7f57

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.

diary-of-a-young-girl

Anne Frank

0a4ada9

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!"

Anne Frank

de7c2ce

Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.

Anne Frank

f9927b1

In 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.

inspirational

Anne Frank

7049fa0

It'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.

hopes hope grim-reality real-life

Anne Frank

252effe

A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery

Anne Frank

775b542

In the book Soldiers on the Home Front, I was greatly struck by the fact that in childbirth alone, women commonly suffer more pain, illness and misery than any war hero ever does. An what's her reward for enduring all that pain? She gets pushed aside when she's disfigured by birth, her children soon leave, hear beauty is gone. Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courag..

women-s-strength

Anne Frank

02c7396

Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.

sadness

Anne Frank

d81ec55

The 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.

nature spiritual wisdom inspirational heavens

Anne Frank

f3adfb8

This 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

d02a6cb

Love, what is love? I don't think you can really put it into words. Love is understanding someone, caring for him, sharing his joys and sorrows. This eventually includes physical love. You've shared something, given something away and received something in return, whether or not you're married, whether or not you have a baby. Losing your virtue doesn't matter, as long as you know that for as long as you live you'll have someone at your side..

Anne Frank

31d0dee

I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!

humour inspirational

Anne Frank

4f588e9

I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble.

Anne Frank

b212398

I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.

grown-ups fighting

Anne Frank