Top 17 Quotes by Stephane Hessel

About Stephane Hessel

These are some quotes by French author Stephane Hessel Diplomat, who lived between October 20, 1917 and February 26, 2013.

I wish for you all, each of you, to have your own motive for indignation. This is precious. When something outrages you as I was outraged by Nazism, then people become militant, strong, and involved.

I wish for you all, each of you, to have your own motive for indignation. This is precious. When something outrages you as I was outraged by Nazism, then people become militant, strong, and involved.

Stephane Hessel

My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.

My mother once said to me, 'You must promise to be happy; it is the greatest favour you can do to others'. It has guided me throughout my life.

Stephane Hessel

Death is something to savour, and I hope to savour mine.

Death is something to savour, and I hope to savour mine.

Stephane Hessel

History can bring luck: this is what we can call optimism.

History can bring luck: this is what we can call optimism.

Stephane Hessel

The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good.

The wealthy have installed their slaves in the highest spheres of the state. The banks are privately owned. They are concerned solely with profits. They have no interest in the common good.

Stephane Hessel

I never felt like a good Jew. My mother was not Jewish, and that makes me a non-Jew according to Jewish religious law.

I never felt like a good Jew. My mother was not Jewish, and that makes me a non-Jew according to Jewish religious law.

Stephane Hessel

I was a young boy when I met the Surrealists and the Dadaists. I admired them, and that is what they taught me: to admire. Admiration is very important. People who are unable to admire others lose an important part of their soul. My soul developed from a very early age through encounters with admired people.

Stephane Hessel

Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.

Let us not be defeated by the tyranny of the world financial markets that threaten peace and democracy everywhere.

Stephane Hessel

If you want to be a real human being - a real woman, a real man - you cannot tolerate things which put you to indignation, to outrage. You must stand up. I always say to people, 'Look around; look at what makes you unhappy, what makes you furious, and then engage yourself in some action.'

Stephane Hessel

To create is to resist; to resist is to create.

To create is to resist; to resist is to create.

Stephane Hessel

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