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Way 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…
- The right way to pray is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.
- 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…
- 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…
- To deny oneself is to be aware only of Christ and no more of self, to see only Him who goes before and no more…
- There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.
- Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.
- 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…
- Struggling against the legalism of simple obedience, we end by setting up the most dangerous law of all, the law of the world and the…
- If any man would come after me, let him deny himself." The disciple must say to himself the same words Peter said of Christ when…
- There is a wrong way of staying in the world and a wrong way of fleeing from it. In both cases we are fashioning ourselves…
- 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…
- 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…
- Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.' Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce their rights, they…
- The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right…
- Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy, and under its…
- The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our…
- The way to misuse our possessions is to use them as an insurance against the morrow. Anxiety is always directed to the morrow, whereas goods…
- Any honours that come our way are only stolen from him to whom alone they really belong, the Lord who sent us.
- 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…
- In me there is darkness, But with You there is light; I am lonely, but You do not leave me; I am feeble in heart,…
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