Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth rel

Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Truth is exact correspondence with reality. – Paramahansa Yogananda

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People often ask, why arent you reading about what it is youre working on right now? And the truth is, you only get three pages a night before your eyelids close. – David Petraeus

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Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. Its a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you its a way to survive and get closer to the truth. – Laura Linney

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Why should we fear; and what? The laws?
They all are armed in virtues cause;
And aiming at the self-same end,
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The moment at which two people, approaching from opposite ends of a long passageway, recognize each other and immediately pretend they haven t. This is to avoid the ghastly embarrassment of having to continue recognizing each other the whole length of the corridor. – Douglas Adams

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Their poverty secured their freedom, since our desires and our possessions are the strongest fetters of despotism. – Edward Gibbon

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This relationship is going to be built on trust. – Marla Maples

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