3 May 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
Context: I 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 keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, 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 again.
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The Diary of a Young Girl
“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
Source: The Diary of Anne Frank
“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
Attributed to Anne Frank in various self-help books but always without citation.
Disputed
Source: diary of Anne Frank: the play
5 April 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
Variant: I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met.
“Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl