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Needs Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Temptations which accompany the working day will be conquered on the basis of the morning breakthrough to God. Decisions, demanded by work, become easier and…
- It matters little what form of prayer we adopt or how many words we use. What matters is the faith which lays hold on God,…
- Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's…
- Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and…
- Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.
- 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…
- Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption. Christ alone is the conquering of death.
- Every Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The…
- When one person is struck by the Word, he speaks it to others. God has willed that we should seek and find His living Word…
- Only those who put tomorrow completely into God's hand and receive fully today what they need for their lives are really secure.
- Consequently there is a need for spiritual vitality. What protection is there against the danger of organisation? Man is once more faced with the problem…
- The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by…
- If we look more closely, we see that any violent display of power, whether political or religious, produces an outburst of folly in a large…
- Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love. Be…
- True prayer is done in secret, but this does not rule out the fellowship of prayer altogether, however clearly we may be aware of its…
- But the Christian also knows that he not only cannot and dare not be anxious, but that there is no need for him to be…
- If Christ has been given us, if we are called to his discipleship we are given all things, literally _all_ things. He will see to…
- We are torn out of our own existence and set down in the midst of the holy history of God on earth. There God dealt…
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- I believe that the whole idea of the consumer society is tottering. We've kept ourselves going by producing more and more goods,… — Paul Auster
- You teach best what you most need to learn. — Richard Bach
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- The police can't protect consumers. People need to be more aware and educated about identity theft. You need to be a little… — Frank Abagnale
- I'm not going to conform to some consumer need. — Billie Joe Armstrong
- Nobody needs to cry for me. I'm going to be great. — Lance Armstrong
- Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. — Desi Arnaz