Not to speak is to speak.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERHaving thus become a mindless tool, the stupid person will also be capable of any evil and at the same time incapable of seeing that it is evil.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Our eyes are at fault, that is all. God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.
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The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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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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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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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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We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
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Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
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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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Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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Fruit is always the miraculous, the created; it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends.
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My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.
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