~ Etty Hillesum Quotes ~

[MysteRy]

Etty Hillesum Quotes


A young Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943 describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation.
Esther "Etty" Hillesum (15 January 1914 in Middelburg, Netherlands – 30 November 1943 in Auschwitz, Poland) was a young Jewish woman whose letters and diaries, kept between 1941 and 1943 describe life in Amsterdam during the German occupation. They were published posthumously in 1981, before being translated into English in 1983.

Here are some famous quotes by Etty Hillesum.

That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything.

[MysteRy]

The externals are simply so many props; everything we need is within us.

[MysteRy]

We have to fight them daily like fleas those many small worries about the morrow for they sap our energies.

[MysteRy]

Sometimes I try my hand at turning out small profundities and uncertain short stories but I always end up with just one single word: God.

[MysteRy]

Suffering has always been with us does it really matter in what form it comes? All that matters is how we bear it and how we fit it into our lives.

[MysteRy]

Our desire must be like a slow and stately ship sailing across endless oceans never in search of safe anchorage. Then suddenly unexpectedly it will find mooring for a moment.