""Wir sind Amboß und nicht Hammer! Aber seht einmal zu in der Schmiede! Fragt den Schmiedemeister und laßt es euch von ihm sagen: Was auf dem Amboß geschmiedet wird, erhält seine Form nicht nur vom Hammer, sondern auch vom Amboß. Der Amboß kann nicht und braucht auch nicht zurückzuschlagen, er muß nur fest, nur hart sein! Wenn er hinreichend zäh, fest, hart ist, dann hält meistens der Amboß länger als der Hammer." – Predigt in der Liebfrauenkirche, Münster, 20. Juli 1941, zitiert nach: Akten, Briefe und Predigten, 1933–1946, Hrsg. Peter Löffler, Matthias-Grünewald-Verlag 1988, ISBN 3-7867-1394-4, S. 859, siehe auch: Predigten in dunkler Zeit, Bistum Münster, kirchensite.de, S. 33, Wikipedia:Amboss oder Hammer sein"
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1878 – 1946
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