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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERChristianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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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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It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.
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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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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
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It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. God will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans by sending us people with claims and petitions.
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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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One act of obedience is worth a hundred sermons.
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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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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
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Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes.
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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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