Alice Herz-Sommer Quotes

It depends on me whether life is good or not. Not on life, on me.

I think backwards. "This was beautiful." Instead of forward.

In any case, life is beautiful, extremely beautiful. And when you are old you appreciate it more. When you are older you think, you remember, you care and you appreciate. You are thankful for everything. For everything.

And life is beautiful, love is beautiful, nature and music are beautiful. Everything we experience is a gift, a present we should cherish and pass on to those we love.

Music was our way of remembering our inner selves, our values.

I know about the bad, but I look at the good thing.

When you are optimistic, when you are not complaining, when you look at the good side of your life, everybody loves you.

Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.

Music was our food ... When we can play, it can't be so terrible. The music, the music!

Complaining doesn't change people ... All that complain, this is terrible ... It's not so terrible.

Everything is a present. Everything. This I learned to be thankful for everything.

Beethoven... he is a miracle!

I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion.

Hatred eats the soul of the hater, not the hated.

Hatred breeds only hatred.

I look at the good. When you are relaxed, your body is always relaxed. When you are pessimistic, your body behaves in an unnatural way. It is up to us whether we look at the good or the bad. When you are nice to others, they are nice to you. When you give, you receive.

I've always been an optimist and I believe laughter is a wonderful thing

I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy. I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate.

I was born optimistic ... I was laughing from the beginning of my life.