8 Quotes & Sayings By Sophie Scholl

Sophie Scholl was born in 1893 in Munich, Germany. She was the daughter of a prosperous businessman. Her family was strongly involved in civic life and she attended several lectures given by her father, Johann Scholl, at the University of Munich. Sophie's father founded the White Rose Society, a student resistance group, and Sophie joined the group herself at age 17 Read more

The White Rose Society distributed leaflets condemning the war and demanded "freedom for political prisoners." On March 22, 1943, members of the group were arrested by the Gestapo and sent to Dachau concentration camp. Sophie Scholl, her brother Hans Scholl, their friend Christoph Probst, and Willi Graf were executed by guillotine four months later for their work as White Rose leaders.

I know that life is a doorway to eternity, and...
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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
How can we expect fate to let a righteous cause...
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How can we expect fate to let a righteous cause prevail when there is hardly anyone who will give himself up undividedly to a righteous cause? Sophie Scholl
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An end in terror is preferable to terror without end. Sophie Scholl
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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. Sophie Scholl
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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. Sophie Scholl
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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. Safe?! From what? 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. Sophie Scholl
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Dear God, you created us in your likeness, our hearts are uneasy until they find you - From the film Sophie Scholl Sophie Scholl