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Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.

Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Evil, Silence, Faces

We are so afraid of silence that we chase ourselves from one event to the next in order not to have to spend a moment alone with ourselves, in order not to have to look at ourselves in the mirror.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Mirrors, Order, Silence
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, David McI. Gracie (2000). “Meditating on the Word”, p.50, Rowman & Littlefield

Right speech comes out of silence and right silence comes out of speech.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Silence, Speech
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Geffrey B. Kelly (1990). “A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer”, Harpercollins

The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Differences, Silence, Community
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1954). “Life Togehter”

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