Quotes About Humanity

Ik word zelf bang als ik aan allen denk met wie ik me altijd zo innig verbonden voelde en die nu overgeleverd zijn aan de wreedste beulen die er ooit bestaan hebben. En dat alles omdat ze joden zijn.

Yo no creo que la guerra sólo sea cosa de grandes hombres, gobernantes y capitalistas. ¡Nada de eso! Al hombre pequeño también le gusta; si no, los pueblos ya se habrían levantado contra ella.

Everyone is born equal; we all come into the world helpless and innocent. We all breathe the same air, and many of us believe in the same God. And yet … and yet, to many people this one small difference is a huge one! It's huge because many people have never realized what the difference is, for if they had they would have discovered long ago that there's actually no difference at all!

When I think about our lives here, I

Thursday, 6 January, 1944

same request

Love, what is love?

condemn me, but think of me as a person who sometimes

Femeile sunt niÈ™te soldaÈ›i care lupt? È™i sufer? pentru supravieÈ›uirea omenirii, mult mai viteji, mult mai curajoÈ™i decât numeroÈ™ii eroi ai libert??ii cu gura lor mare.

let my own children read her books

O ja, ich will nicht umsonst gelebt haben wie die meisten Menschen. Ich will den Menschen, die um mich herum leben und mich doch nicht kennen, Freude und Nutzen bringen. Ich will fortleben, auch nach meinem Tod. (S.238f.)

I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world for all mankind!

There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, 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.

Fine specimens of humanity, those Germans, and to think I'm actually one of them! No, that's not true, Hitler took away our nationality long ago. And besides, there are no greater enemies on earth than the Germans and the Jews.

penny is available for medical science, artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountains of food are rotting away in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy?

I have my faults, just like everyone else, I know that, but they thoroughly exaggerate everything.

Friday, December 10, 1942

It's not the fault of the Dutch that we Jews are having such a bad time.

Thursday, 15 June, 1944

Don't condemn me, but think of me as a person who sometimes reaches the bursting point!

Considérame simplemente como un ser que a veces siente que el cáliz de su amargura está lleno hasta los bordes.

Peter added, "The Jews have been and always will be the chosen people!" I answered, "Just this once, I hope they'll be chosen for something good!

Surely the time will come when we are people again, and not just Jews.

The world's been turned upside down. The most decent people are being sent to concentration camps, prisons and lonely cells, while the lowest of the low rule over young and old, rich and poor.