Whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

Anne Frank wrote this sentiment in her diary while in hiding with her family and others in the Secret Annex in Amsterdam during the Nazi occupation. In that confined, fearful setting—marked by uncertainty about discovery, deportation, and survival—she repeatedly tried to cultivate inner resilience and to encourage those around her. The line reflects her effort to hold onto moral purpose and emotional steadiness despite external catastrophe: happiness as something that can be shared, and courage and faith as defenses against despair. It belongs to the diary’s broader pattern of self-exhortation and reflection on how to live humanely under extreme pressure.

The quote links private emotional life to social responsibility: happiness is not merely a personal state but a force that radiates outward, shaping the atmosphere for others. The second sentence reframes “perishing” as spiritual or psychological collapse rather than only physical death—arguing that courage and faith (in oneself, in goodness, or in a future) can prevent misery from becoming total. In the context of persecution and hiding, the statement becomes an ethic of resistance: maintaining hope and bravery is portrayed as a way to preserve dignity and to protect a community’s morale, even when circumstances cannot be controlled.

1) "Whoever is happy will make others happy too." 2) "He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery."