Having 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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFEROnly he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
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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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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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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.
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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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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ.
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Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
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The truth of the matter is that the whole world has already been turned upside down by the work of Jesus Christ.
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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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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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Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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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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