Alice Herz-Sommer

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion.

Every day is a miracle. No matter how bad my _x000D_ circumstances, I have the freedom to choose my _x000D_ attitude to life, even to find joy. Evil is not new. _x000D_ It is up to us how we deal with both good and bad. _x000D_ No one can take this power away from us.