25 result(s) for Bonhoeffer Action Quotes.
"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act."
"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."
"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."
"The Church is only the Church when it exists for others."
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."
"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."
"Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace."
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"Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ."
"There is no way to peace along the way of safety."
"If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction."
"Not every end is a goal. The end of a melody is not its goal; however, nonetheless, if the melody has not reached its end, it has not reached its goal either."
"A life directed chiefly toward the fulfillment of personal desires will sooner or later always lead to bitterness."
"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."
"The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community."
"In normal times, we were told, 'Act normally,' but in these times we are told, 'Act decisively.'"
"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."
"Only those who cry out for the Jews are allowed to sing Gregorian chants."
"Wherever there are those who are not treated like human beings, there the Church is called to stand by their side."
"The most incomprehensible and unacceptable aspect of our epoch is, that despite all experiences of history and all that we know, we still act as if history does not concern us."
"There is meaning in every journey that is understood by those alone who make it."
"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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"Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one."
"We must not be too hasty in judging others, for we frequently see only the results of which we know nothing of the causes."
"Before God and in our conscience we must be honest - that is the one single anchor in our lives."
"There is no issue that cannot be solved through dialogue."
