When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or else I hold a silly, naive, … - Etty Hillesum

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The virtuous woman flees from danger; she trusts more to her prudence in shunning it than in her strength to overcome it.

Etty Hillesum

When I pray, I never pray for myself, always for others, or else I hold a silly, naive, or deadly serious dialogue with what is deepest inside me, which for the sake of convenience I call God. Praying to God for something for yourself strikes me as being too childish for words. To pray for another's well-being is something I find childish as well; one should only pray that another should have enough strength to shoulder his burden. If you do that, you lend him some of your own strength.

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