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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
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I wonder why it is that we find some days so much more oppressive than others, for no apparent reason. Is it growing pains – or spiritual trial? Once they’re over, the world looks quite a different place again.
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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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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.
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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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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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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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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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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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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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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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