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  • How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.

  • Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

  • In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

  • Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

  • Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

  • The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

  • Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

  • How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

  • I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

  • 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.

  • No one has ever become poor by giving.

  • I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.

  • We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.

  • Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

  • I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

  • The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.

  • And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren't any other people living in the world.

  • How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day.

  • Only the language of civilized people may be spoken, thus no German.

  • Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.

  • I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

  • Despite everything, I believe people are really good at heart.

  • Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong.

  • Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

  • I think it's odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.

  • I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while my dearest friends have been knocked down or have fallen into a gutter somewhere out in the cold night. I get frightened when I think of close friends who have now been delivered into the hands of the cruelest brutes that walk the earth. And all because they are Jews!

  • Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.

  • Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.

  • There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, 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

  • The firm has two cats, one for the warehouse and one for the attic. Now it occasionally happen that the two cats met; and the result was always a terrific fight. The aggressor was always the warehouse cat yet it was always the attic cat who managed to win - just like among nations.

  • It's important for celebrities, environmentalists and world leaders to continue to increase education and eco-awareness through the forums provided to them naturally by virtue of being famous. Take inspiration from these words of wisdom from a Nazi-era teenager and concentration camp victim: "how wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

  • There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.

  • In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

  • I want to go on living even after my death, And therefore I am grateful to God For giving this gift... Of expressing all that is in me.

  • You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

  • Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close; my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there.

  • Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery

  • Who knows, perhaps he doesn't care about me at all and look at the others in just the same way.

  • If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.

  • Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

  • I believe in the sun, even when it rains.

  • But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.

  • People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.

  • How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!

  • The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside

  • I love the time I spend with you. You make my living worth-while. Why dint I meet you before. I wish I could start my life From the beginning with you because the time I spend with you is never enough. I need you more everyday.

  • You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face.

  • I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

  • A quiet conscience makes one strong!

  • Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

  • Yes, there is no doubt that paper is patient and as I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of "diary," to anyone, unless I find a real friend, boy or girl, probably nobody cares. And now I come to the root of the matter, the reason for my starting a diary: it is that I have no such real friend.

  • Because paper has more patience than people.

  • I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

  • Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for ... artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountians of food are rotting away in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?

  • I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.

  • I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere?

  • This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.

  • Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

  • I'll show then that Anne Frank wasn't born yesterday

  • Work, love, courage and hope,Make me good and help me cope!

  • Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

  • You only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character

  • Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

  • The art of living. Isn't that a funny expression?

  • ...if I only knew how much longer we had to put up with each other's company, I'd start counting the days.

  • I'm sentimental--I know. I'm desperate and silly--I know that too. Oh, help me!

  • Peter Wessel and Peter Van Daan have grown into one Peter, who is beloved and good, and for whom I long desperately.

  • You are all made of real poop.

  • Crying can bring relief, as long as you don't cry alone.

  • What I condemn are our system of values and the men who don't acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women's share in society is.

  • The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.

  • Whoever is happy will make others happy.

  • I have always been the dunce, the never-do-well of the family, I've always have to pay double for my deeds, first with the scolding and then again because of the way my feelings are hurt.

  • You can always-always-give something, even if it's a simple act of kindness! If everyone were to give in this way and didn't scrimp on kindly words, there would be much more love and justice in the world!

  • Go outsideamidst the simple beauty of natureand know that as long as places like this exist, there will be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be.

  • I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

  • The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!

  • The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever

  • Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth?

  • Where there is hope...there is life

  • The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.

  • I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago!.

  • Sometimes I'm so deeply buried under self-reproaches that I long for a word of comfort to help me dig myself out again.

  • I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way! I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I'd like everyone else to be happy too.

  • If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

  • Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

  • What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't even happened yet.

  • Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.

  • Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.

  • You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

  • The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people? Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?

  • Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!

  • Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.

  • I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains....My advice is: Go outside, to the fields, enjoy nature and the sunshine, go out and try to recapture happiness in yourself and in God. Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy!

  • The young are not afraid of telling the truth.

  • I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!

  • I think a lot, but I don't say much.

  • You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only.

  • I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.

  • When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.

  • As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?

  • Sympathy, Love, Fortune... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them!

  • How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world!

  • Why can't people live with each other in peace? Why must everything be destroyed? Why must people go hungry while surplus food elsewhere in the world rots away? Oh why must people be so crazy?

  • The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly.

  • What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again

  • I am what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker - a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten.

  • The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.

  • Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?...Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together!

  • I live in a crazy time.

  • As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more.

  • As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets?

  • God never deserted our people. Right through the ages there were Jews. Through the ages they suffered, but it also made us strong.

  • I wish to go on living even after my death.

  • How wonderful it is that we can start doing good at this very moment.

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