Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us g

Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Gods truth judges created things out of love, and Satans truth judges them out of envy and hatred. – 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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Silence implies consent. – Proverb

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Still waters run deep. – English Proverb

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You can hear the footsteps of God when silence reigns in the mind. – Sri Sathya Sai Baba

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I shall state silences more competently than ever a better man spangled the butterflies of vertigo. – Samuel Beckett

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