sophie scholl

“ I would so much like to have something of you that I could always keep by me, that nobody else would notice. ”

“ 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. ”

“ Freedom and honour! For ten long years Hitler and his coadjutor have manhandled, squeezed, twisted, and debased these two splendid German words to the point of nausea, as only dilettantes can, casting the highest values of a nation before swine. ”

“ 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. ”

“ If everyone waits until the other man makes a start, the messengers of avenging Nemesis will come steadily closer. ”

“ If Christ hadn't lived and hadn't died, there would truly be no way out at all. Then all the weeping would be horribly meaningless. Then one would have to run against a wall and smash one's skull. But as it is, no. ”

“ 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. ”

“ The more they lack material things, the more they indulge themselves when they can, but the less is their satisfaction with this world and they hunger for life after death. ”

“ Why do German people behave so apathetically in the face of all these abominable crimes, crimes so unworthy of the human race? ”

“ Dear God, you created us in your likeness, our hearts are uneasy until they find you. ”