15 quotes
Somebody, after all, had to make a start. What we wrote and said is also believed by many others. They just don't dare express themselves as we did.
The only remedy for a barren heart is prayer, however poor and inadequate.
Are there still people today who never weary of directing all their thinking and all their energy, single-heartedly, to one cause?
Seeking Peace : Notes and Conversations Along the Way (2000)
Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided.
Seeking Peace : Notes and Conversations Along the Way (1998)
How can we expect a righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause?
Seeking Peace : Notes and Conversations Along the Way (1998)
I'm still so remote from God that I don't even sense his presence when I pray.
I am, now as before, of the opinion that I did the best that I could do for my nation. I therefore do not regret my conduct and will bear the consequences that result from my conduct.
I know that life is a doorway to eternity, and yet my heart so often gets lost in petty anxieties. It forgets the great way home that lies before it.
Sophie Scholl: The Real Story of the Woman who Defied Hitler (2009)
I've been thinking of a story from the Old Testament: Moses stood all day and all night with outstretched arms, praying to God for victory. And whenever he let down his arms, the enemy prevailed over the children of Israel. Are there still people today who never weary of directing all their thinking and all their energy, single-heartedly, to one cause?
Seeking Peace : Notes and Conversations Along the Way (2000)
Isn't it bewildering … that everything is so beautiful, despite all the horrors that exist?
Disputed O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008)
Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone.
Disputed
Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.
Disputed O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008)
It's the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you'll keep it under control. If you don't make any noise, the bogeyman won't find you. But it's all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe.
Disputed O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008)
The real damage is done by those millions who want to "survive." The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don't want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes.
Disputed O2 : Breathing New Life Into Faith (2008)
I pity people who can't find laughter or at least some bit of amusement in the little doings of the day. I believe I could find something ridiculous even in the saddest moment, if necessary. It has nothing to do with being superficial. It's a matter of joy in life.
Disputed