Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He wi — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that whi — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus says to anyone who uses their faith or lack of faith to excuse their acts of disobedience to his call: First obey, — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Over the years I have written many a letter for the wedding of one of the brothers and preached many a wedding sermon. T — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorro — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If we would answer the question of the existence of the Evil then we would not be sinners, we could make something else — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Is the invisible presence of the Christian fellowship a reality and a help to the individual? Is the Word of God close t — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Lord, whatsoever this day may bring, Thy name be praised. Be gracious unto me and help me. Grant me strength to bear wha — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Here all fear of one another, all timidity about praying freely in one's own words in the presence of others may be put — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
As far as we are concerned, there is no dislike, no personal tension, no disunity or strife that cannot be overcome by i — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Where a people prays, there is the hurch; and where the church is; there is never loneliness. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am sure of God's hand and guidance... You must never doubt that I am thankful and glad to go the way which I am being — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
My past life is abundantly full of God’s mercy, and, above all sin, stands the forgiving love of the Crucified. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
...do we realize that this cheap grace has turned back upon us like a boomerang? The price we are having to pay today in — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Nothing that we despise in other men is inherently absent from ourselves. We must learn to regard people less in the lig — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The author likens crisis, and particularly war, to stop motion photography in its capacity to make changes plain that ar — Dietrich Bonhoeffer