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Other Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
- We do God’s work for our brothers and sisters when we learn to listen to them. So often Christians, especially preachers, think that their only…
- The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer.
- Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be; and on the other hand,…
- 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…
- There is nothing that can replace the absence of someone dear to us, and one should not even attempt to do so. One must simply…
- God has willed that we should seek and find God's living Word in the testimony of other Christians, in the mouths of human beings.
- Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering,…
- When people are deeply affected by the Word, they tell it to other people.
- Just as our love for God begins with listening to God's Word, the beginning of love for other Christians is learning to listen to them.
- It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to…
- The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do…
- 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
- In a word, live together in the forgiveness of your sins, for without it no human fellowship, least of all a marriage, can survive. Don’t…
- Judgement is the forbidden objectivization of the other person which destroys single-minded love. I am not forbidden to have my own thoughts about the other…
- Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves.
- The earthly form of Christ is the form that died on the cross. The image of God is the image of Christ crucified. It is…
- A pastor should never complain about his congregation, certainly never to other people, but also not to God. A congregation has not been entrusted to…
- 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…
- One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only…
More Other Quotes
- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour