“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
Fuente: The Diary of Anne Frank
“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
Fuente: The Diary of Anne Frank
Fuente: The Diary of a Young Girl
“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
Fuente: The Diary of a Young Girl
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
As quoted in 7 Laws of Human Nature: The Oneness of Universal Love (2017) by Conrad Spainhower and other self-help books and quotation sites.
Disputed
“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
Variante: Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
3 May 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
Contexto: 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.
“But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.”
Fuente: The Diary of a Young Girl
Variant translation: 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.
28 September 1942
Variante: I've learned one thing: you only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true character!
Fuente: The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
“The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!”
Variante: The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever
Fuente: The Diary of a Young Girl
“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.”
Variant translation: Laziness may appear attractive but work gives satisfaction.
6 July 1944
The Diary of a Young Girl (1942 - 1944)
Variante: Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.