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| Anne Frank
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. 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! 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. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! There is an urge and rage in people to destroy, to kill, to murder, 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.I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.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.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... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again. 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.
-I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for giving me this gift...of expressing all that is in me.I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.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. In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. 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.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. Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.Life is not measured by the breaths we take but by the
moments that take our breath away. Think of all the beauty
still left around you and be happy.Mrs. Van Daan's grizzling is absolutely unbearable; now she can't any longer drive us crazy over the invasion, she nags us the whole day long about the bad weather. It really would be nice to dump her in a bucket of cold water and put her up in the loft.No one has ever become poor by giving.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. The "Secret Annexe" has heard the joyful news that
each person will receive an extra quarter of a pound
of butter for Christmas. It says half a pound in
the newspapers, but that's only for the lucky
mortals who get their ration books from the
government, not for Jews who have gone into hiding,
who can only afford to buy four illegal ration
books, instead of eight.
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 and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. As long 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.The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl? Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery! |
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