Etty Hillesum Quotes
Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don’t make ripples all around you, don’t try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.
Quotes to Explore
-
I know what it takes, and you have to fight for yourself and what you believe in.
-
I was just mind-blown to find that New Orleans is just so much more fun and interesting than I had ever thought.
-
It's really interesting working in television as opposed to the theater, where you know the arc of the character and you are able to create this whole backstory.
-
When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
-
If God should desire to raise us to the position of one who is an intimate and shares his secrets, we ought to accept this gladly.
-
When you come across someone colorful and vibrant maybe in the present it isn't so interesting, but, in the past, it sheds a wonderful light onto living life.
-
My mom told me a long time ago, 'Never get in a fight with a lady.'
-
To me the interesting main character is never the one without flaws.
-
You've got to have a villain and they'll always make me a villain. I'm used to it – it makes me work harder and it makes me fight harder.
-
To go to hospitals and see people fight and overcome cystic fibrosis or cancer or any number of illnesses is to see courage that is humbling. And athletes constantly need to be humbled.
-
Vertigo is the conflict between the fear of falling and the desire to fall.
-
To fight for one's country, to offer one's very life to promote the well being of the United States, is truly a noble undertaking. But so is the vigilance of the citizen who carefully examines our leaders to see if political problems are being solved by wars simply because this seems to be the easiest solution.
-
I didn't invent forensic science and medicine. I just was one of the first people to recognize how interesting it is.
-
Theist and atheist: the fight between them is as to whether God shall be called God or shall have some other name.
-
If you have to tell a story without speaking, it's sort of like - I come from a dance background, so it's like a ballet where you have to tell a story with just your body. I think that's really interesting to have to tell a story with just your face and your mannerisms, and I'd like to tap into that world.
-
I'd love to interview Bill Clinton. I know that might be a little boring, but he's so interesting and such an amazing guy. All he's done after his presidency... he hasn't just sat around, he's been so active in so many charitable causes.
-
I don't love to fight; I don't want to fight.
-
Angels are not complete, they need their counterparts, the dark needs the bright, the hidden needs the open, and vice versa. Sometimes they meet and recognise each other. Sometimes, as with Horatio and me, the pairing occurs over spaces of time and distance.
-
I guess there hasn't been a tough enough opponent for me to fight. But fighting a southpaw is OK. It's something different and maybe I need something different. I look at a right-handed fighter then I look at a left-handed fighter, and it's even better.
-
Music... immerses us in seemingly stable worlds! How can this be, when there is so little of it present at each moment?
-
I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege.
-
Only a fool lets somebody else tell him who his enemy is.
-
Become simple and live simply, not only within yourself but also in your everyday dealings. Don’t make ripples all around you, don’t try to be interesting, keep your distance, be honest, fight the desire to be thought fascinating by the outside world.
