Way Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Wherever it pleases God to put man in this world, the Christian must be ready for martyrdom and death. It is only…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others,…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before…

— 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

Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy,…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Because I am a Christian, therefore, every day in which I do not penetrate more deeply into the knowledge of God's Word…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God, who will thwart our plans and frustrate our ways time…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

If any man would come after me, let him deny himself." The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We are separated from one another by an unbridgeable gulf of otherness and strangeness which resists all our attempts to overcome it…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Certainly one must try everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is.

— 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

Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

I saw Pastor Bonhoeffer, before taking off his prison garb, kneeling on the floor praying fervently to his God. I was most…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Cheap grace is the idea that "grace" did it all for me so I do not need to change my lifestyle. The…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The love for our enemies takes us along the way of the cross and into fellowship with the Crucified. The more we…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer