Etty Hillesum

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

— Etty Hillesum

#inspirational

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... ↗

— Etty Hillesum

#life-wisdom #wisdom #experience

Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths. ↗

— Etty Hillesum

#breaths #day #deep #important #important thing

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

— Etty Hillesum

#amount #attempt #consequent #figures #greed

I think what weakens people most is fear of wasting their strength. ↗

— Etty Hillesum

#i #i think #most #people #strength

De ene mens mag de andere nooit tot middelpunt van zijn leven maken. ↗

— Etty Hillesum

#men