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Mean 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 with him, whether…
- But to procrastinate and prevaricate simply because you're afraid of erring, when others - I mean our brethren in Germany - must make infinitely more…
- Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this.
- In a world where success is the measure and justification of all things the figure of Him who was sentenced and crucified remains a stranger…
- The church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in…
- Sometimes we just need a firm kick in the pants. An unsmiling expectation that if we mean all these wonderful things we talk about and sing…
- The heart clings to collected treasure. Stored-up possessions get between me and God. Where my treasure is, there is my trust, my security, my comfort,…
- The exclusion of the weak and insignificant, the seemingly useless people, from a Christian community may actually mean the exclusion of Christ; in the poor…
- The future of modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These few will greatly…
- Loving God means rejoicing in God, being eager to think of and pray to God. It means being glad to be in God's presence and…
- Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this. Whether it is a brief, single…
- Humanly speaking, it is possible to understand the Sermon on the Mount in a thousand different ways. But Jesus knows only one possibility: simple surrender…
- I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world that one learns…
- Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free
- Sanctification means that the Christians have been judged already, and that they are being preserved until the coming of Christ and are ever advancing towards…
- There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared. It is itself the great venture and can never…
- The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it…
- Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
- Human love is directed to the other person for his own sake, spiritual love loves him for Christ's sake. Therefore, human love seeks direct contact…
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- Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. — Aristotle
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- If you read quickly to get through a poem to what it means, you have missed the body of the poem. — M H Abrams