There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A home is a kingdom of it's own in the midst of the world, a stronghold amid life's storms and stresses, a… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
As brother stands by brother in distress, binding up his wounds and soothing his pain, so let us show our love towards… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
If the heart is devoted to the mirage of the world, to the creature instead of the Creator, the disciple is lost...… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
the world exercises dominion by force and Christ and Christians conquer by service. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Oh, give our frightened souls the sure salvation for which, O Lord, You taught us to prepare. And when this cup You… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Cheap grace is the idea that "grace" did it all for me so I do not need to change my lifestyle. The… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Pain is a holy angel who shows us treasures that would otherwise remain forever hidden; through him men and women have become… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In a world where success is the measure and justification of all things the figure of Him who was sentenced and crucified… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Just as God's love entered the world, thereby submitting to the misunderstanding and ambiguity that characterize everything worldly, so also Christian love… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
The proclamation of grace has its limits. Grace may not be proclaimed to anyone who does not recognize or distinguish or desire… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Wherever it pleases God to put man in this world, the Christian must be ready for martyrdom and death. It is only… — 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
