“I think a lot, but I don't say much.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
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“Whoever is happy will make others happy.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“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
“I wish to go on living even after my death.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Variante: If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous, rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc., etc.
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
As quoted in Networking the Kingdom: A Practical Strategy for Maximum Church Growth (1990) by O. J. Bryson, p. 187; this is the earliest source yet found for this attribution.
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“Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
Ik moet iets hebben naast man en kinderen waar ik me aan wijden kan! O ja, ik wil niet zoals de meeste mensen voor niets geleefd hebben. Ik wil van nut of plezier zijn voor de mensen, die om mij heen leven en die mij toch niet kennen.
5 April 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Source: Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
5 April 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
Variante: 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.
15 July 1944; Variant translations:
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.
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery, and death...and yet...I think...this cruelty will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again.
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
Contexte: 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. It's utterly impossible for me to build my life on a foundation of chaos, suffering and death. I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too, I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more. In the meantime, I must hold on to my ideals. Perhaps the day will come when I'll be able to realize them!
“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
Attributed to Anne Frank in various self-help books but always without citation.
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Source: diary of Anne Frank: the play
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
As quoted in 7 Laws of Human Nature: The Oneness of Universal Love (2017) by Conrad Spainhower and other self-help books and quotation sites.
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“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
Anne Frank Diary of Anne Frank
Source: The Diary of Anne Frank
“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
Variante: Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
“But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.”
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
“The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!”
Variante: The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever
Source: The Diary of a Young Girl
