Should Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

God has willed that we should seek and find God's living Word in the testimony of other Christians, in the mouths of…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I believe that nothing that happens to me is meaningless and that it is good for us all that it should be…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God's coming at Christmas that we no longer feel…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God’s will and guidance. It is…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We do God’s work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them. So often Christians, especially preachers, think…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak.…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be…

— 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

When one person is struck by the Word, he speaks it to others. God has willed that we should seek and find…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one should not even attempt to do so.…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

In me there is darkness, But with You there is light; I am lonely, but You do not leave me; I am…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I can never know beforehand how God’s image should appear in others. That image always manifests a completely new and unique form…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer