Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERNot hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Sanctification means that the Christians have been judged already, and that they are being preserved until the coming of Christ and are ever advancing towards it.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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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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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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There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.
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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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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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Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. We must not assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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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 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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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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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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