Death Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Whenever Christ calls us, His call leads us to death.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Every call of Christ leads into death.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Death is the supreme festival on the road to freedom.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The justification of my life before God is to live because of and toward the living, dying, and rising of Jesus Christ.”

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Wherever it pleases God to put man in this world, the Christian must be ready for martyrdom and death. It is only…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

After death something new begins, over which all powers of the world of death have no more might.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Through the life and death of Jesus Christ, history becomes not the transient bearer of eternal values but, for the first time,…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God comes into the very midst of evil and of death, and judges the evil in us and in the world. And…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“I always have the feeling we are merely fearfully trying to save room for God; I would rather speak of God at…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Human beings have freedom toward death and the right to death, in the sense of sacrifice, but only when the good sought…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The future of modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“One doesn’t cling anxiously to life, but neither does one throw it lightly away. One is content with measured time and does…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Why are we so afraid when we think about death? Death is only dreadful for those who live in dread and fear…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Easter? We’re paying more attention to dying than to death. We’re more concerned to get over the act of dying than to…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Confession is the God-given remedy for self-deception and self-indulgence. When we confess our sins before a brother-Christian, we are mortifying the pride…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“For the rest of mankind to be with Christ means death, but for Christians it is a means of grace. Baptism is…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

No one has yet believed in God and the kingdom of heaven, no one has heard about his realm of the resurrected,…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The cross is laid on every Christian. The first Christ-suffering which every man must experience is the call to abandon the attachments…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“In confession occurs the break-through to the Cross. The root of all sin is pride, superbia. I want to be my own…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“God sends his Son – here lies the only remedy. It is not enough to give man a new philosophy or better…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

And after death something new begins, over which all the powers of the world of death can have no more control.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer