69 result(s) for Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes.
"Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility."
"When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die."
"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 ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."
"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."
"There is no way to peace along the way of safety."
"Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting today for costly grace."
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"The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists in listening to them."
"Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ."
"The Church is the Church only when it exists for others."
"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."
"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."
"Ethics is the activity of man directed to inquiry into the good."
"The person who loves their dream of community will destroy community, but the person who loves those around them will create community."
"When all are guilty, who can pronounce judgment?"
"Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door which must be knocked on."
"The restoration of the Church must surely come from a sort of new monasticism which has nothing in common with the old but a complete lack of compromise in a life lived in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount in the discipleship of Christ."
"Whenever Christ calls us, his call leads us to death."
"A prison cell in which one waits, hopes and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad place in which to live."
"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 our own importance compared with what we owe to others."
"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and miserable, and who reach out for the coming Savior."
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"Christian love is not sentimental. It is rational preference for the interest of the neighbor."
"There is meaning in every journey that is understood by the traveler alone."
"The God who lets us live in the world without the working hypothesis of God is the God before whom we stand continually. Before God and with God we live without God."
"Only he who cries out for the Jews may sing Gregorian chants."
"The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a complete lack of compromise in a life lived in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount in imitation of Christ."
"Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock."
"A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol."
"When all are guilty, no one is."
"Only the sufferer understands suffering."
"There is perhaps no more dangerous and widespread heresy than the belief that it is our piety and virtue that makes us acceptable to God."
"Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community."
"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and miserable, and who are looking for something greater to come… for them the Advent message will be light and comfort."
"The essence of optimism is not its view of the present, but it is a source of inspiration and hope which gives one the strength to overcome doubt."
"There is meaning in every journey that is about to begin."
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"Judgment does not come upon us from the outside, but wells up from deep down within us."
"Wherever there are human beings there is potential for guilt and sin."
"The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a complete lack of compromise in a life lived in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount in the discipleship of Christ."
"The Church is only the Church when it exists for others."
"Not every end is terrible. The end of a joy is not necessarily the end of happiness."
"Costly grace confronts us as a gracious call to follow Jesus, it comes as a word of forgiveness to the broken spirit and the contrite heart. It is costly because it compels a man to submit to the yoke of Christ and follow him; it is grace because Jesus says: 'My yoke is easy and my burden is light.'"
"Being a Christian is not a matter of religion, but a matter of decision."
"The essence of optimism is not its view of the present, but it is the source of hope and strength which it gives us to meet the future."
"To be a Christian does not mean to be religious in some way, to make something of oneself on the basis of ethics and piety, but rather to be a human being."
"Wherever God erects a church, there the devil will always build a chapel; and thus it will be found that near every good thing there is a counterfeit."
"The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children."
"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."
"Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and its appeal to the underdog."
"The essence of Optimism is not its view of the present, but it is the Inspiration and Hope it gives for the future."
"Costly grace confronts us as a gracious call to follow Jesus, it comes as God’s command to obey."
"Suffering is the badge of true discipleship."
"Cheap grace is the grace we bestow on ourselves. Cheap grace is the preaching of forgiveness without requiring repentance, baptism without church discipline, Communion without confession, absolution without personal confession. Cheap grace is grace without discipleship, grace without the cross, grace without Jesus Christ, living and incarnate."
"The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a complete lack of compromise in a life lived in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount."
"Wherever there are sincere disciples of Christ, persecution is born of necessity."
"The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come."
"A jail cell is a good place to learn about yourself."
"Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power."
"He who loves his dream of community destroys community; but he who loves the community destroys the dream."
"The essence of optimism is not its view of the present, but it is the source of hope and strength which it gives one for the future. Where there are no dreams there is no hope. Where there is no hope there is no vision."
"A life devoted to cheap preaching is a barren ministry."
"Wherever there are those who are alone, remember them."
"The restoration of the Church must surely come from a sort of new monasticism which has nothing in common with the old but a complete lack of compromise in a life lived in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount in defiance of the world."
"Grace is costly because it compels a man to submit to the yoke of Christ and follow him."
"To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ."
"There is meaning in every journey that is understood only by the traveler."
"In the face of stupendous political blunders, thoughtless arrogance, and criminal recklessness, what Christian is not horrified?"
"It is not abstract thought, but rather the reality of God which gives to thought its meaning and its order."
"Obedience is possible only in the framework of faith."
"Wherever Christ is, there He lets Himself be found."
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