Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERWho can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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The worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus’ hands.
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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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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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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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Things do exist that are worth standing up for without compromise. To me it seems that peace and social justice are such things, as is Christ himself.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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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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Our community with one another consists solely in what Christ has done to each of us.
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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 limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation. One does not use canons to shoot sparrows.
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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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Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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There 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.
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The wars of Israel were the only ‘holy wars’ in history, there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
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We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.
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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.
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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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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
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Jesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
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May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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[Christ] is the Mediator, not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and reality.
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How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.
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