Dietrich Bonhoeffer quotes - page 2

Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
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. View quote
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God. View quote
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Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him. View quote
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When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die. View quote
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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. View quote
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Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a fountain of joy alive in you. View quote
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Jesus calls men, not to a new religion, but to life. View quote
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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. View quote
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Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls another Christian in one's community back from the path of sin. View quote
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There is meaning in every journey that is unknown to the traveler. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth. View quote
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time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is only because he became like us that we can become like him. View quote
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So many people come to church with a genuine desire to hear what we have to say, yet they are always going back home with the uncomfortable feeling that we are making it too difficult for them to come to Jesus. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love. View quote
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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. View quote
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The only man who has the right to say that he is justified by grace alone is the man who has left all to follow Christ. (Dietrich Bonhoeffer)
The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which death and sin lay prostrate in defeat and new life and salvation were given to mankind. View quote
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Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom. View quote
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. View quote
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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. View quote
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