"Ultimately we have just one moral duty to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves..." - Etty Hillesum

💗 Compassion

“Ultimately we have just one moral duty to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves through compassion”

Our primary moral task is cultivating inner peace through compassion.

“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”

— Etty Hillesum

“I have broken my body like bread and shared it among men. For there was so much hunger and so much bread.”

— Etty Hillesum

“Despite everything life is full of beauty and meaning if only we have compassion enough to see it”

— Etty Hillesum

“One must learn to forgive God for being God and compassion teaches us how to begin”

— Etty Hillesum