"Human greatness does not lie in wealth..." - Quote by Anne Frank
Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
More by Anne Frank
“I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!”
“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion.”
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
More on Goodness
“There is not enough love and goodness in the world to permit giving any of it away to imaginary beings.”
“Though we love goodness and not stealing, yet also we love freedom and not preaching.”
“You can ask goodness in, show it how much you like it, make room for it. And it says, "Oh, I like this place, I think I'll stay here." Which is why people go into one house and say, "I want to take my shoes off." At another house, no matter how beautiful it is, they might say, "Hmm, I can't stay."”
More on Human Nature
“I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of conscience is what makes him a lawyer.”
“Man will ever remain imperfect, and it will always be his part to try to be perfect.”
“Reason and Knowledge have always played a secondary, subordinate, auxiliary role in the life of peoples, and this will always be the case. A people is shaped and driven forward by an entirely different kind of force, one which commands and coerces them and the origin of which is obscure and inexplicable despite the reality of its presence.”