Quotes by Anne Frank

“Your willingness to look at your darkness is what empowers you to change.”

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

Paper is more patient than man.

I dont think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

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

Because paper has more patience than people.

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

Although Im only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.

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 theres 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?

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.

Ive learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply cant build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

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.

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

People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things. You dont necessarily even have to be afraid of punishment after death; purgatory, hell, and heaven are things that a lot of people cant accept, but still a religion, it doesnt matter which, keeps a person on the right path. It isnt the fear of God but the upholding of ones own honor and conscience. How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the while 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; 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 doesnt know it must learn and find by experience that: A quiet conscience mades one strong!

Crying can bring relief, as long as you dont cry alone.

Who has inflicted this upon us? Who has made us Jews different from all other people? Who has allowed us to suffer so terribly up till now? It is God that has made us as we are, but it will be God, too, who will raise us up again. 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. Who knows, it might even be our religion from which the world and all peoples learn good, and for that reason and that reason alone do we have to suffer now. We can never become just Netherlanders, or just English, or representatives of any country for that matter; we will always remain Jews, but we want to, too.

The best remedy for those who are frightened, lovely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere they can be alone, alone with the sky, nature and God. For then and only then can you feel that everything is as it should be and that God wants people to be happy amid natures beauty and simplicity.

Whoever is happy will make others happy.

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.