Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Events cast their shadows ahead; before a harsh winter, wild animals grow thicker fur, and the beaver puts on a thicker layer… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Anyone who thinks that his time is too valuable to spend keeping quiet will eventually have no time for God and his… — 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
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
As long as we let the Word of God be our only armor, we can look confidently into the future. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Justification is the means whereby we appropriate the saving act of God in the past, and sanctification the promise of God's activity… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Marriage is more than your love for each other. It has a higher dignity and power, for it is God's holy ordinance,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Gerat will be our astonishment in that day, and we shall then realize that it is not our works which remain, but… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“Radicalism hates time. Compromise hates eternity. Radicalism hates patience. Compromise hates decision. Radicalism hates wisdom. Compromise hates simplicity. Radicalism hates measure. Compromise… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The limitation of the ethical phenomenon to its place and time does not imply its rejection but, on the contrary, its validation.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In Jesus Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
May God in His mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may He lead us to Himself. — 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
“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
“I'm still discovering, right up to this moment, that it is only by living completely in this world that one learns to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
After he has been following Christ for a long time, the disciple of Jesus will be asked, "Lacked ye anything?" and he… — 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
God can make a new beginning with people whenever God pleases, but not people with God. Therefore, people cannot make a new… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Music... will help dissolve your perplexities and purify your character and sensibilities, and in time of care and sorrow, will keep a… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
We are so afraid of silence that we chase ourselves from one event to the next in order not to have to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The idea that we could have avoided many of life’s difficulties if we had taken things more cautiously is too foolish to… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
“The whole of the past is embraced by the word “forgiveness”; the whole of the future is preserved in the faithfulness of… — 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
