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Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes: Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
         

Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.


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Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.



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