There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves according to the world.
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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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Through our daily meals He is calling us to rejoice, to keep holiday in the midst of our working day.
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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.
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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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In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
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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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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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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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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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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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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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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
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