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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERHaving 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.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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While 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.
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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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Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian’s life.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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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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A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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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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[Christ] is the Mediator, not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and reality.
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