It is only because he became like us that we can become like him.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThere is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not been entrusted to him in order that he should become its accuser before God and men.
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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.
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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of our communion with Christ.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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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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A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
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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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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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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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Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.
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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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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. We must not assume that our schedule is our own to manage, but allow it to be arranged by God.
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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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