Etty Hillesum Famous Quotes
"We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies."
"One must also accept that one has 'uncreative' moments. The more honestly one can accept that, the quicker these moments will pass."
"We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought."
"I do believe it is possible to create, even without ever writing a word or painting a picture, by simply molding one's inner life. And that too is a deed."
Etty Hillesum Quotations
"That's the nature of women not to love when we love them, and to love when we love them not."
Miguel de Cervantes
"Everything is in a state of flux, including the status quo."
Robert Byrne
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
Napoleon Bonaparte
The ultimate goal of the educational system is to shift to the individual the burden of pursing his own education. This will not be a widely shared pursuit until we get over our odd conviction that education is what goes on in school buildings and nowhere else.
John W Gardner
"There is pleasure in the pathless woods, there is rapture in the lonely shore, there is society where none intrudes, by the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not Man the less, but Nature more."
George Gordon Byron
"There was a time when we expected nothing of our children but obedience, as opposed to the present, when we expect everything of them but obedience."
Anatole Broyard
"Fun is fundamental. There is no way around it. You absolutely must have fun. Without fun, there is no enthusiasm. Without enthusiasm, there is no energy. Without energy, there are only shades of gray."
Doug Hall
"In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds."
Aristotle
"If I am walking with two other men, each of them will serve as my teacher. I will pick out the good points of the one and imitate them, and the bad points of the other and correct them in myself."
Confucius
"True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new."
Antoine De SaintExupery