My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERWhile it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. 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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When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which death and sin lay prostrate in defeat and new life and salvation were given to mankind.
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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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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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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others, not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.
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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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Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
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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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God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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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.
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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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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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