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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 Bonhoefferfuture

"God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred."

— Dietrich Bonhoeffergod

"A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol."

— Dietrich Bonhoeffergod

"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 Bonhoefferhope

"It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own."

— Dietrich Bonhoeffernature

"Politics are not the task of a Christian."

— Dietrich Bonhoefferpolitics

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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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"God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"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

"It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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"Politics are not the task of a Christian."

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"We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer."

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"One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons."

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"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."

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"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."

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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."

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"God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred."

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