“Through the life and death of Jesus Christ, history becomes not the transient bearer of eternal values but, for the first time,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
And after death something new begins, over which all the powers of the world of death can have no more control. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Love, in the sense of spontaneous, unreflective action, spells the death of the old man. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The cross is not the terrible end to an otherwise godfearing and happy life, but it meets us at the beginning of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
After death something new begins, over which all powers of the world of death have no more might. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Death is hell and night and cold, if it is not transformed by our faith. But that is just what is so… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The justification of my life before God is to live because of and toward the living, dying, and rising of Jesus Christ.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Wherever it pleases God to put man in this world, the Christian must be ready for martyrdom and death. It is only… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The future of modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Human beings have freedom toward death and the right to death, in the sense of sacrifice, but only when the good sought… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“I always have the feeling we are merely fearfully trying to save room for God; I would rather speak of God at… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The early morning belongs to the Church of the risen Christ. At the break of light it remembers the morning on which… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
God comes into the very midst of evil and of death, and judges the evil in us and in the world. And… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“For the rest of mankind to be with Christ means death, but for Christians it is a means of grace. Baptism is… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
No one has yet believed in God and the kingdom of heaven, no one has heard about his realm of the resurrected,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“Why are we so afraid when we think about death? Death is only dreadful for those who live in dread and fear… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“God sends his Son – here lies the only remedy. It is not enough to give man a new philosophy or better… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is… — 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
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
What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
...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
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
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
“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
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
“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
“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
“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
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
“From now on there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
“The scriptures do not present us with a series of Christian types to be imitated according to choice; they preach to us in every… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share
