"We human beings cause monstrous conditions, but precisely because we cause them we soon learn to adapt ourselves to them. Only if we become such that we can no longer adapt ourselves, only if, deep inside, we rebel against every kind of evil, will we be able to put a stop to it. ... while everything within us does not yet scream out in protest, so long will we find ways of adapting ourselves, and the horrors will continue."

Source : Etty Hillesum, K. A. D. Smelik, Arnold Pomerans (2002). “Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943”, p.308, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Etty Hillesum

#Long Quotes #Evil Quotes #Rebel Quotes

“If you can't believe, you can't achieve.”
“The Poet, gentle creature as he is, Hath, like the Lover, his unruly times; His fits when he is neither sick nor well, Though no distress be near him but his own Unmanageable thoughts.”
“I couldn't give you a count of the number of single women I have in our congregation that are serving in very significant ways in the community. Our desire is for them to live all of life to the glory of God whether God calls them to be a wife or a mother or not.”
“The fathers, if they got me alone, would try to kiss and fondle me. I hated it.”

Source : Christine Keeler, Douglas Thompson (2012). “Secrets and Lies: Now Profumo is Dead, I Can Finally Reveal the Truth About the Most Shocking Scandal in British Politic”, p.35, John Blake Publishing
“He who sees only what is before his eyes sees the worst part of every view.”

Source : Leslie Stephen (1871). “The Playground of Europe”, p.130
“I would exchange everything for one child of my own.”
“In the new covenant, God doesn't want us to be blessed when we obey the law and cursed when we fail. Doesn't such a system sound awfully similar to the old covenant? Grace is the undeserved, unmerited and unearned favor of God - the moment you try to merit the free favors of God, His grace is nullified.”
“I think life is sacred, whether it's abortion or the death penalty.”

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