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.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe 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.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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I wonder why it is that we find some days so much more oppressive than others, for no apparent reason. Is it growing pains – or spiritual trial? Once they’re over, the world looks quite a different place again.
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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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The world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
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Nothing can be known either of God or man until God has become man in Jesus Christ.
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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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If my sinfulness appears to me in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still not recognizing my sinfulness at all.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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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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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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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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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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How would you expect to find community while you intentionally withdraw from it at some point? The disobedient cannot believe; only the obedient believe.
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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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May God in his mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may he lead us to himself.
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The worse the evil, the readier must the Christian be to suffer it; he must let the evil person fall into Jesus’ hands.
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