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Sophie Scholl
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„Stand up for what you believe in even if you are standing alone.“
„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.“
„The only remedy for a barren heart is prayer, however poor and inadequate.“
„I’m still so remote from God that I don’t even sense his presence when I pray.“
„Are there still people today who never weary of directing all their thinking and all their energy, single-heartedly, to one cause?“
„Isn’t it bewildering … that everything is so beautiful, despite all the horrors that exist?“
„Just because so many things are in conflict does not mean that we ourselves should be divided.“
„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.“
„The Sun still shines.“
„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.“
„Only man can be hateful or ugly, because he possesses a free will to cut himself off from the chorus of praise. It often seems that he will succeed in drowning out this chorus with his cannon thunder, curses, and blasphemy. But it has become clear to me this spring that he cannot.“
„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.“
„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.“
„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.“
„How can we expect a righteousness to prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause?“
„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.“
„Such a splendid sunny day, and I have to go. But how many have to die on the battlefield in these days, how many young, promising lives… What does my death matter if by our acts thousands are warned and alerted. Among the student body there will certainly be a revolt.“