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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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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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 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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All my days have I grown up among the Sages and I have found naught better for a man than silence. – Rabban Gamaliel

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Silence implies consent. – Proverb

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The silent man is the best to listen to. – Japanese Proverb

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