Quotes 04/21/10

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First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer



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If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer



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To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge.

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer



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**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**



Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.



See at the bottom for the answer



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*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*



It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer



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Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

--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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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.

--Dietrich Bonhoeffer



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MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?



Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.



MYSTERY QUOTE ANSWER: Henry Van Dyke