Quotes about Unity
What's the point of the war? Why, oh why can't people live together peacefully? Why all this destruction?
— Anne Frank
What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.
— Anne Frank
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!
— Anne Frank
What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does reflect on all Jews.
— Anne Frank
One day this terrible war will be over. The time will come when we'll be people again and not just Jews!
— Anne Frank
Dearest Kitty, So there we were, Father, Mother and I, walking in the pouring rain, each of us with a schoolbag and a shopping bag filled to the brim with the most varied assortment of items. The people on their way to work at that early hour gave us sympathetic looks; you could tell by their faces that they were sorry they couldn't offer us some kind of transportation; the conspicuous yellow star spoke for itself. Only
— Anne Frank
All we can do is wait, as calmly as possible, for it to end. Jews and Christians alike are waiting, the whole world is waiting, and many are waiting for death.
— Anne Frank
Hope for an end to war, hope for peace.
— Anne Frank
Grace is the light or electricity or juice or breeze that takes you from that isolated place and puts you with others who are as startled and embarrassed and eventually grateful as you are to be there.
— Anne Lamott
We aren't a drop in the ocean, but are the ocean, in drops.
— Anne Lamott
Everyone, from almost every tradition, agrees on five things. Rule 1: We are all family. Rule 2: You reap exactly what you sow, that is, you cannot grow tulips from zucchini seeds. Rule 3: Try to breathe every few minutes or so. Rule 4: It helps beyond words to plant bulbs in the dark of winter. Rule 5: It is immoral to hit first. [pp.313-314]
— Anne Lamott
I recognize the divinity in you, but actually more like, I recognize our each-otherness, instantly
— Anne Lamott