Quotes of Etty Hillesum

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Life cannot be captured in a few axioms. And that is just what I keep trying to do. But it won't work, for life is full of endless nuances and cannot be captured in just a few formulae.

- Etty Hillesum

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“ Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightlycolored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together! ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ I was so blessed. The first person I gave my heart to was an angel who plucked the feathers off his wings and built a nest for it. ”

- Kamand Kojouri

“ The gospel is this: We are more sinful and flawed in ourselves than we ever dared believe, yet at the very same time we are more loved and accepted in Jesus Christ than we ever dared hope. ”

- Timothy Keller

“ Friendship not defined by words Friendship only defined by action ”

- Arshdeep Singh Samrala

“ All worries are less with wine. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ Legacy is greater than currency ”

- Gary Vaynerchuk

“ I hope she'll be a fool that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool. ”

- F. Scott Fitzgerald

“ Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. ”

- Arthur Rubenstein

“ You are like nobody since I love you. ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending. ”

- James R. Sherman

“ Love alone could waken love. ”

- Pearl S. Buck

“ Love doesn't sit there like a stone, it has to be made, like bread: remade all the time, made new. ”

- Og Mandino

“ Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ There is nothing higher than love, and nothing lower than ignorance. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ As a woman, you are always empowering others and helping people out of their situations. The time has come, and the time is now, for you to take charge of your own journey. It doesn’t matter how young or how old you are. It is time for you to freefall into giving yourself a chance at love, and the first person you should fall in love with is yourself. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly. ”

- Dalai Lama

“ Do you want me to tell you something really subversive? Love is everything it's cracked up to be. That's why people are so cynical about it. It really is worth fighting for, being brave for, risking everything for. And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more. ”

- Erica Jong

“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God's side, for God is always right. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ I try to avoid looking forward or backward, and try to keep looking upward. ”

- Charlotte Bronte

“ I don't think you should wait. I think you should speak now. ”

- Taylor Swift