Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The fearful danger of the present time is that above the cry for authority, we forget that man stands alone before the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
To be sure, God shall call you, and us, only at the hour that God has chosen. Until that hour, which lies… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Only those who put tomorrow completely into God's hand and receive fully today what they need for their lives are really secure. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how I am never quite clear about the motives for any of my decisions. Is that a sign of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Bless them that persecute you.' If our enemy cannot put up with us any longer and takes to cursing us, our immediate… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Waiting is an art that our impatient age has forgotten. It wants to break open the ripe fruit when it has hardly… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If I sit next to a madman as he drives a car into a group of innocent bystanders, I can't, as a… — 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
