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"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility." -
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Top 5 quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
"If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure."
"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."
"It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves."
"If you board the wrong train, it's no use running along the corridor in the other direction."
"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."
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"Some folks as they grow older grow wise, but most folks simply grow stubborner."
"How do you know so much about everything? was asked of a very wise and intelligent man; and the answer was 'By never being afraid or ashamed to ask questions as to anything of which I was ignorant."
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