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Others Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where…
- It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
- But to procrastinate and prevaricate simply because you're afraid of erring, when others - I mean our brethren in Germany - must make infinitely more…
- The first service that one owes to others in the fellowship consists of listening to them. Just as love of God begins with listening to…
- 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…
- I can never know beforehand how God’s image should appear in others. That image always manifests a completely new and unique form that comes solely…
- 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…
- What we are in ourselves, and what we owe to others makes us a complete whole.
- The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.
- Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together.
- Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating.
- Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure his allotted share…
- In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude. It is so…
- As God adds his ‘Yes’ to your ‘Yes,’ as he confirms your will with his will, and as he allows you, and approves of, your…
- 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…
- Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others…
- It is remarkable how I am never quite clear about the motives for any of my decisions. Is that a sign of confusion or inner…
- Nothing can be more cruel than the leniency which abandons others to their sin. Nothing can be more compassionate than the severe reprimand which calls…
- The Christian must treat his enemy as a brother, and requite his hostility with love. His behavior must be determined not by the way others…
- 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…
- If my sinfulness appears to me to be in any way smaller or less detestable in comparison with the sins of others, I am still…
- The followers of Christ have been called to peace. . . . And they must not only have peace but make it. And to that…
- If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.
- The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where…
More Others Quotes
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen