Eszter Kissová

“The inner world is as real as the outer world. One ought to be conscious of that. It, too, has its landscape, contours, possibilities, its boundless regions.”

Etty Hillesum (1914–1943) Jewish diarist

“I am ready for everything, for anywhere on this earth, wherever God may send me, and I am ready to bear witness in any situation and unto death that life is beautiful and meaningful and that it is not God’s fault that things are as they are at present, but our own.”

Etty Hillesum (1914–1943) Jewish diarist

“That is probably the hardest thing a person can learn, as I so often find in others (and in myself as well in the past) to forgive one’s own mistakes and lapses.”

Etty Hillesum (1914–1943) Jewish diarist

“What critics call dirty in our movies, they call lusty in foreign films.”

Billy Wilder (1906–2002) American filmmaker

“I’ve been really fortunate to be able to do different kinds of films in different scales, different genres, different kinds of roles, and that is important to me.”

Keanu Reeves (1964) Canadian actor, director, producer and musician

“I really see no other solution than to turn inwards and to root out all the rottenness there. I no longer believe that we can change anything in the world until we first change ourselves. And that seems to me the only lesson to be learned.”

Etty Hillesum (1914–1943) Jewish diarist

“To lose your prejudices you must travel.”

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer

“Words can bruise and break hearts, and minds as well. There are no black and blue marks, no broken bones to put in plaster casts, and therefore no prison bars for the offender.”

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer

“You cannot have passion of any kind unless you have compassion.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“Every day we need to tell someone we love them. Touch them. Thank them for being. It’s so important.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“Those against gay marriages say marriage should only be between a man and a woman. God… I of all people know that that doesn’t always work!”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“How can anything bad come out of love? The bad stuff comes out of mistrust, misunderstanding and God knows from hate and from ignorance.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“I don’t dwell on the miserable. I skirt around that. Give it a wave. Wave goodbye and concentrate on the good things.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“If I love someone, I love them always.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“If it is love, it must encompass everything. The faults as well as the things you are proud of, and one has to be tolerant of one’s intolerancies.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“I think marriage does give a sense of oneness that just being together can’t.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“Every breath you take today should be with someone else in mind.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“I believe in life and I’ll fight for it. I believe you have to put up your dukes and fight, even if you don’t know what you’re fighting against.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress

“I’ve always been very aware of the inner me that has nothing to do with the physical me.”

Elizabeth Taylor (1932–2011) British-American actress