--- title: "28 Should Quotes By Dietrich Bonhoeffer" description: "28 Should quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Plus more from Dietrich Bonhoeffer and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_god_we-should-find-god-in-what-we-do-know-no_1838482.jpg" --- > [We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-should-find-god-in-what-we-do-know-not-in-what-we-don-t-not-in/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_god_we-should-find-god-in-what-we-do-know-no_1838482.jpg) > [The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-will-of-god-to-which-the-law-gives-expression-is-that-men-should/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_defeat_the-will-of-god-to-which-the-law-gives-e_739219.jpg) > [It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/it-is-from-god-that-parents-receive-their-children-and-it-is-to-god/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_children_it-is-from-god-that-parents-receive-thei_2423110.jpg) > [Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians because we are talking when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/many-people-are-looking-for-an-ear-that-will-listen-they-do-not-find/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a4c/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christian_many-people-are-looking-for-an-ear-that_2258632.jpg) > [We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-have-grown-so-accustomed-to-the-idea-of-divine-love-that-we-no/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a1/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_accustomed_we-have-grown-so-accustomed-to-the-idea_541331.jpg) > [Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/where-god-tears-great-gaps-we-should-not-try-to-fill-them-with-human/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4d7/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_gaps_where-god-tears-great-gaps-we-should-not_2413047.jpg) > [Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/death-reveals-that-the-world-is-not-as-it-should-be-but-that-it/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00b/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christ_death-reveals-that-the-world-is-not-as-i_1090384.jpg) > [God has willed that we should seek and find God's living Word in the testimony of other Christians, in the mouths of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/god-has-willed-that-we-should-seek-and-find-god-s-living-word-in-the/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christian_god-has-willed-that-we-should-seek-and-f_2447372.jpg) > [We are silent at the beginning of the day because God should have the first word, and we are silent before going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-are-silent-at-the-beginning-of-the-day-because-god-should-have-the/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f3/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_firsts_we-are-silent-at-the-beginning-of-the-da_1233368.jpg) > [A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/a-pastor-should-never-complain-about-his-congregation-certainly-never/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bda/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_complaining_a-pastor-should-never-complain-about-his_2901673.jpg) > [The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-church-is-her-true-self-only-when-she-exists-for-humanity-as-a/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ec/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_calling_the-church-is-her-true-self-only-when-sh_473679.jpg) > [Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/many-people-are-looking-for-an-ear-that-will-listen-they-do-not-find-2/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/222/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christian_many-people-are-looking-for-an-ear-that_2990975.jpg) > [Christians have forgotten that the ministry of listening has been committed to them by Him who is Himself the great listener and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/christians-have-forgotten-that-the-ministry-of-listening-has-been/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a7b/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christian_christians-have-forgotten-that-the-minis_2419315.jpg) > [I believe that nothing that happens to me is meaningless and that it is good for us all that it should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/i-believe-that-nothing-that-happens-to-me-is-meaningless-and-that-it/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/047/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_believe_i-believe-that-nothing-that-happens-to-m_1928126.jpg) > [We ought not to be in too much of a hurry here to speak piously of God’s will and guidance. It is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-ought-not-to-be-in-too-much-of-a-hurry-here-to-speak-piously-of/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b88/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_celebrate_we-ought-not-to-be-in-too-much-of-a-hurr_2262881.jpg) > [We do God’s work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them. So often Christians, especially preachers, think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-do-god-s-work-for-our-brothers-and-sisters-when-we-learn-to-listen/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d06/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_brother_we-do-god-s-work-for-our-brothers-and-si_602705.jpg) > [Christianity stands or falls with its revolutionary protest against violence, arbitrariness and pride of power and with its plea for the weak.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/christianity-stands-or-falls-with-its-revolutionary-protest-against/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_against-violence_christianity-stands-or-falls-with-its-re_77686.jpg) > [Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/christian-community-is-like-the-christian-s-sanctification-it-is-a-2/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e4d/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christian_christian-community-is-like-the-christia_2928867.jpg) > [Christian community is like the Christian's sanctification. It is a gift of God which we cannot claim. Only God knows the real…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/christian-community-is-like-the-christian-s-sanctification-it-is-a/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/628/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_christian_christian-community-is-like-the-christia_1236225.jpg) > [We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God's coming at Christmas that we no longer feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-have-become-so-accustomed-to-the-idea-of-divine-love-and-of-god-s/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f7/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_accustomed_we-have-become-so-accustomed-to-the-idea_3069797.jpg) > [No one should be surprised at the difficulty of faith, if there is some part of his life where he is consciously…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/no-one-should-be-surprised-at-the-difficulty-of-faith-if-there-is/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f39/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_ambition_no-one-should-be-surprised-at-the-diffic_1848281.jpg) > [In me there is darkness, But with You there is light; I am lonely, but You do not leave me; I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/in-me-there-is-darkness-but-with-you-there-is-light-i-am-lonely-but/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/297/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_bitterness_in-me-there-is-darkness-but-with-you-the_2448815.jpg) > [Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/your-life-as-a-christian-should-make-non-believers-question-their/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e1/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_belief-in-god_your-life-as-a-christian-should-make-non_1880284.jpg) > [I can never know beforehand how God’s image should appear in others. That image always manifests a completely new and unique form…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/i-can-never-know-beforehand-how-god-s-image-should-appear-in-others/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb7/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_creation_i-can-never-know-beforehand-how-god-s-im_86640.jpg) > [The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-church-is-only-the-church-when-it-exists-for-others-to-make-a/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3f/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_calling_the-church-is-only-the-church-when-it-ex_2375608.jpg) > [True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/true-prayer-is-done-in-secret-but-this-does-not-rule-out-the/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57b/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_body_true-prayer-is-done-in-secret-but-this-d_400112.jpg) > [There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one should not even attempt to do so.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/there-is-nothing-that-can-replace-the-absence-of-someone-dear-to-us/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bae/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_absence_there-is-nothing-that-can-replace-the-ab_1416663.jpg) > [When one person is struck by the Word, he speaks it to others. God has willed that we should seek and find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/when-one-person-is-struck-by-the-word-he-speaks-it-to-others-god-has/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_brother_when-one-person-is-struck-by-the-word-he_2335837.jpg) ## Other authors on Should ## More by Dietrich Bonhoeffer > [So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/so-the-fool-as-distinct-from-the-scoundrel-is-completely-self/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/why-do-christians-sing-when-they-are-together-the-reason-is-quite/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [What we shall need is not geniuses, or cynics, or misanthropes, or clever tacticians, but plain, honest, straghtforward men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/what-we-shall-need-is-not-geniuses-or-cynics-or-misanthropes-or/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [...Gratitude transforms the torment of memory of good things now gone into silent joy. One bears what was lovely in the past not as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/gratitude-transforms-the-torment-of-memory-of-good-things-now-gone/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/only-he-who-believes-is-obedient-and-only-he-who-is-obedient-believes/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/who-can-really-be-faithful-in-great-things-if-he-has-not-learned-to/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [“The church can only defend its own space by fighting, not for space, but for the salvation of the world. Otherwise the church becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-church-can-only-defend-its-own-space-by-fighting-not-for-space/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [There remains an experience of incomparable value . . . to see the great events of world history from below; from the perspective of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/there-remains-an-experience-of-incomparable-value-to-see-the-great/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [“To endure the cross is not a tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/to-endure-the-cross-is-not-a-tragedy-it-is-the-suffering-which-is-the/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [“There is only one church, the church of faith ruled by the word of Jesus Christ alone. This is the true catholic church that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/there-is-only-one-church-the-church-of-faith-ruled-by-the-word-of/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/as-christians-we-needn-t-be-at-all-ashamed-of-some-impatience-longing/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [Those who love their dream of a Christian community more than the Christian community itself become destroyers of that Christian community even though their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/those-who-love-their-dream-of-a-christian-community-more-than-the/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [“From now on there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/from-now-on-there-can-be-no-more-wars-of-faith-the-only-way-to/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [“The scriptures do not present us with a series of Christian types to be imitated according to choice; they preach to us in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-scriptures-do-not-present-us-with-a-series-of-christian-types-to/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) > [We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice, we are to drive a spoke into the wheel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-are-not-to-simply-bandage-the-wounds-of-victims-beneath-the-wheels/) [Dietrich Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-bonhoeffer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/dietrich-bonhoeffer/#itemlist", "name": "28 Should Quotes By Dietrich Bonhoeffer", "numberOfItems": 28, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we have already solved.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/we-should-find-god-in-what-we-do-know-not-in-what-we-don-t-not-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_god_we-should-find-god-in-what-we-do-know-no_1838482.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_god_we-should-find-god-in-what-we-do-know-no_1838482.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f4/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_god_we-should-find-god-in-what-we-do-know-no_1838482.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“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", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/the-will-of-god-to-which-the-law-gives-expression-is-that-men-should/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_defeat_the-will-of-god-to-which-the-law-gives-e_739219.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_defeat_the-will-of-god-to-which-the-law-gives-e_739219.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf3/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_defeat_the-will-of-god-to-which-the-law-gives-e_739219.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The will of God, to which the law gives expression, is that men should defeat their enemies by loving them.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Dietrich Bonhoeffer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-bonhoeffer/it-is-from-god-that-parents-receive-their-children-and-it-is-to-god/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_children_it-is-from-god-that-parents-receive-thei_2423110.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_children_it-is-from-god-that-parents-receive-thei_2423110.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/dietrich-bonhoeffer-303_children_it-is-from-god-that-parents-receive-thei_2423110.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.” — Dietrich Bonhoeffer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. 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Is there some part of your life which you are refusing to surrender at his behest, some sinful passion, maybe, or some animosity, some hope, perhaps your ambition or your reason? ... 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