The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER[Christ] is the Mediator, not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and reality.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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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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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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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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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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If you believe, take the first step, it leads to Jesus Christ. If you don’t believe, take the first step all the same, for you are bidden to take it.
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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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Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one’s community back from the path of sin.
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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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Being free means being free for the other, because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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The world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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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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Not to speak is to speak.
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