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# D Bonhoeffer

 **3** quotes in **4** categories

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##  Quotes by D Bonhoeffer

> [“The "heart", in the biblical sense, is not the inward life, but the whole man in relation to God.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-bonhoeffer/the-heart-in-the-biblical-sense-is-not-the-inward-life-but-the-whole/)

[D Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-bonhoeffer/)

[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [“It is only by living completely in this world that one learns to believe ... the relation of the Church to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-bonhoeffer/it-is-only-by-living-completely-in-this-world-that-one-learns-to/)

[D Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-bonhoeffer/)

[World Understands](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/world-understands-235227/)

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> [“Our relation to God is not a "religious" relationship ... but ... a new life in "existence for others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-bonhoeffer/our-relation-to-god-is-not-a-religious-relationship-but-a-new-life-in/)

[D Bonhoeffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-bonhoeffer/)

[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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