There can be no real attachment to the given creation, no genuine responsibility in the world, unless we recognize the breach which already separates us from it.
DIETRICH BONHOEFFERThe world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.
More Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
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We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt with us, and there he still deals with us, our needs and our sins, in judgment and grace.
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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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Time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler.
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I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.
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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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Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. 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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This is the end. For me the beginning of life.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
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[Christ] is the Mediator, not only between God and man, but between man and man, between man and reality.
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Sanctification means that the Christians have been judged already, and that they are being preserved until the coming of Christ and are ever advancing towards it.
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Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.
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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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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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