Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Hannah Szenes

Explore popular quotes and sayings by Hannah Szenes.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
Hannah Szenes

Hannah Szenes was a poet and a Special Operations Executive (SOE) member. She was one of 37 Jewish SOE recruits from Mandate Palestine parachuted by the British into Yugoslavia during the Second World War to assist anti-Nazi forces and ultimately in the rescue of Hungarian Jews about to be deported to the German death camp at Auschwitz.

July 17, 1921 - November 7, 1944
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame Blessed is the flame that burns in the secret fastness of the heart
In my life's chain of events nothing was accidental. Everything happened according to an inner need.
To die, so young to die. No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, No, no, not I. — © Hannah Szenes
To die, so young to die. No, no, not I, I love the warm sunny skies, light, song, shining eyes, I want no war, no battle cry, No, no, not I.
One needs something to believe in, something for which one can have whole-hearted enthusiasm. One needs to feel that one's life has meaning, that one is needed in this world.
There are stars whose radiance is visible on Earth though they have long been extinct. There are people whose brilliance continues to light the world even though they are no longer among the living. These lights are particularly bright when the night is dark. They light the way for humankind.
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