Etty Hillesum: Frasi in inglese

Etty Hillesum era scrittrice olandese. Frasi in inglese.
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“We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies.”

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Etty Hillesum

“I don’t want to be anything special. I only want to try to be true to that in me which seeks to fulfill its promise.”

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“I know and share the many sorrows a human being can experience, but I do not cling to them; they pass through me, like life itself, as a broad eternal stream…and life continues…”

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“Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don’t make ripples all around you, don’t try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.”

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“Greed probably figures in my intellectual life as well, as I attempt to absorb a massive amount of information with consequent mental indigestion.”

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“The absence of hatred in no way implies the absence of moral indig­nation.”

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January 1943, p. 590
Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943