Christians Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

10 Christians quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s powerful moral clarity comes through in this ten‑quote set, offering a succinct window into his profound thoughts on believers and responsibility.

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The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.

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“I fear that Christians who stand with only one leg upon earth also stand with only one leg in heaven (12 August 1943).”

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Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking…

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the world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service.

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“As Christians, we needn’t be at all ashamed of some impatience, longing, opposition to what is unnatural, and our full share of…

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It is not simply to be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege of living among other Christians. Jesus Christ…

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“The religion of Christ is not a tidbit after One's bread; on the contrary, it is the bread or it is nothing.…

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“They wander on earth and live in heaven, and although they are weak, they protect the world; they taste of peace in…

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Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need…

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“If we want to be Christians, we must have some share in Christ’s large-heartedness by acting with responsibility and in freedom when…

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What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men.

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...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as…

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Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.

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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?

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“The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes…

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There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of…

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“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When…

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“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic church that…

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Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their…

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