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In the presence of a psychiatrist I can only be a sick man; in the presence of a Christian brother I can dare to be a sinner.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.
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Himself Oneself Patience Religious Wait
In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
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Deal Gratitude Greatness Hard Life Ordinary Receive Rich
God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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Emotional God Truth
I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
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Hate Himself Myself Prayer
A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes – and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent.
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Freedom Hope Oneself Photograph Prison Wait
But the Christian also knows that he not only cannot and dare not be anxious, but that there is no need for him to be so. Neither anxiety now work can secure his daily bread, for bread is the gift of the Father.
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Dare Father Gift Himself Need Secure
The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ.
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Beginning End Happiness Life Ourselves Religious Unity
The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ.
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Alone Grace Man Religion Right
When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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Death Man Spiritual
The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
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Creation Destroy Dream Love Person
The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ.
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Religious Truth World
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
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Children Kind Leaving Moral World
Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.
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Deep Religious Value Worth
The fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we want to say, that the burden of our song goes far beyond all human words.
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Beyond Expression Human Ourselves Sing Talk
In the presence of a psychiatrist I can only be a sick man; in the presence of a Christian brother I can dare to be a sinner.
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Dare Man Mental Myself Presence Sick Sin
In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.
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Achievement Easy Gratitude Hard Help Important Life Rich

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