When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFEROne act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts.
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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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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
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Not hero worship, but intimacy with Christ.
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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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Not everyone can wait: neither the sated nor the satisfied nor those without respect can wait. The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them.
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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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God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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The task of pastoral ministry, above all else, is to arrange contingencies for an encounter with the divine.
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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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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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Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Discipleship is not an offer that man makes to Christ.
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