The 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 BONHOEFFERThe will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements compared with what we owe to the help of others.
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In the presence of a psychiatrist I can only be a sick man; in the presence of a Christian brother I can dare to be a sinner.
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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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Grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom.
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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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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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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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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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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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A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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Advent creates people, new people.
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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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