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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERCostly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
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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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God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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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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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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The world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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