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Person Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the…
- Who stands firm? Only the one for whom the final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, his virtue, but who…
- It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with…
- 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…
- 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…
- There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.
- The person who’s in love with their vision of community will destroy community. But the person who loves the people around them will create community…
- The more isolated a person is, the more destructive the power of sin over him.
- A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.
- God does not love some ideal person, but rather human beings just as we are, not some ideal world, but rather the real world.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.
- Discipleship means adherence to the person of Jesus, and therefore submission to the law of Christ which is the law of the cross.
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- As filmmakers, we can show where a person's mind goes, as opposed to theater, which is more to sit back and watch… — Darren Aronofsky
- I think it's important as a filmmaker, as any person working in the arts, that you've got to try new stuff and… — Darren Aronofsky
- No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash
- Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not… — Mary Kay Ash
- Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
- A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions. — Arthur Ashe