Our eyes are at fault, that is all. God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERAction springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.
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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.
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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
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Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
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A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Advent creates people, new people.
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Not to speak is to speak.
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If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.
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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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The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which death and sin lay prostrate in defeat and new life and salvation were given to mankind.
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