don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have re- belled long ago! There’s a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start allover again!

What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again

I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.

The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland.

You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.