The Christian life is participation in the encounter of Christ with the world. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Strict exercise of self-control is an essential feature of the Christian's life.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The cross always simultaneously means rejection, and that the disgrace of suffering is part of the cross. Being expelled, despised, and abandoned… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“It is easily forgotten that the fellowship of Christian brethren is a gift of grace, a gift of the Kingdom of God… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Therefore, let those who until now have had the privilege of living a Christian life together with other Christians praise God’s grace… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The otherworldliness of the Christian life ought, Luther concluded, to be manifested in the very midst of the world, in the Christian… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“It is true, of course, that what is an unspeakable gift of God for the lonely individual is easily disregarded and trodden… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The moment we begin to feel satisfied that we are making some progress along the road of sanctification, it is all the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“In the Christian community thankfulness is just what it is anywhere else in the Christian life. Only he who gives thanks for… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life? — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic church that… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“As Christians, we needn’t be at all ashamed of some impatience, longing, opposition to what is unnatural, and our full share of desire for… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
