Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFEROnly he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERNot to speak is to speak.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERBeing free means being free for the other, because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERAdvent creates people, new people.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERWhen Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe 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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERGod is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERIt is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERI can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERJesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERMay God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThere can be no real attachment to the given creation, no genuine responsibility in the world, unless we recognize the breach which already separates us from it.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERNo sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERA God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER