Why do Christians sing when they are together? The reason is, quite simply, because in singing together it is possible for them… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
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
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 Copy Share Image
The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is the voice of the Church that is heard in singing together. It is not you that sings, it is the… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage,… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
It is a blessed thing to know that no power on earth, no temptation, no human frailty can dissolve what God holds… — 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
