Etty Hillesum - To Possess

Les écrits d'Etty Hillesum. Journaux et lettres 1941-1943 (The writings of Etty Hillesum. Diaries and letters 1941-1943. Complete edition). Paris: Seuil, 2008, 1081 p.

June 27 [1942], Saturday night, 10:15.
One should not want to possess and understand everything - isn't understanding possession by the spirit? - one must also know how to be content to undergo. Perhaps this is the most difficult thing for us Westerners, and we lack the great patience and also that precious element of faith: humility - to be able to undergo, without putting up resistance.

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