“Why does the Old Testament law never punish anyone by depriving him of his freedom?” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes...and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Freedom for the Church comes from the necessity of the Word of God. Otherwise, it becomes arbitrariness and ends in a great… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Not in the flight of ideas, but only in action is freedom. Make up your mind and come out into the tempest… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a new law, which brings neither help nor freedom. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If you set out to seek freedom, then learn above all things to govern your soul and your senses . . .… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Earthly possessions dazzle our eyes and delude us into thinking that they can provide security and freedom from anxiety. Yet all the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in truth, they are… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“It is a question of the freedom of God, which finds its strongest evidence precisely in that God freely chose to be… — 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
“Grace interpreted as a principle, pecca fortiter as a principle, grace at a low cost, is in the last resort simply a… — 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… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The weaknesses of human nature appear more clearly in a storm than in the quiet flow of calmer times. Among the overwhelming… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Do not worry! Earthly goods deceive the human heart into believing that they give it security and freedom from worry. But in… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Freedom is not a quality of man, nor is it an ability, a capacity, a kind of being that somehow flares up… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Do and dare what is right, not swayed by the whim of the moment. Bravely take hold of the real, not dallying… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The flesh resists this daily humiliation, first by a frontal attack, and later by hiding itself under the words of the spirit… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“God did not make this person as I would have made him. He did not give him to me as a brother… — 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
![“The weaknesses of human nature appear more clearly in a storm than in the quiet flow of calmer times. Among the overwhelming majority of people, anxiety, greed,[37.] lack of independence, and brutality show themselves to be the mainspring of behavior in the face of unsuspected chance and threats…” quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48d/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_freedom_the-weaknesses-of-human-nature-appear-mo_1455266.jpg)
