Our eyes are at fault, that is all. God is in the manger, wealth in poverty, light in darkness, succor in abandonment.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERJesus is the only significance. Beside Jesus nothing has any significance. He alone matters.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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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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Advent creates people, new people.
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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 are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.
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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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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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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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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
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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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The world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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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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A false faith is capable of terrible and monstrous things.
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.
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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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Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our church. We are fighting today for costly grace.
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