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Words Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- 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,…
- Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words..
- 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…
- Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
- Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly teaches me that…
- 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…
- 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…
- Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being alone... Each by itself has profound…
- The fact that we do not speak it but sing it only expresses the fact that our spoken words are inadequate to express what we…
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- Nothing we use or hear or touch can be expressed in words that equal what is given by the senses. — Hannah Arendt
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
- When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something… — Chinua Achebe
- Mr. Bean is at his best when he is not using words, but I am equally at home in both verbal and… — Rowan Atkinson
- I don't think of poetry as a 'rational' activity but as an aural one. My poems usually begin with words or phrases… — Margaret Atwood
- The genesis of a poem for me is usually a cluster of words. The only good metaphor I can think of is… — Margaret Atwood
- The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The words printed here are concepts. You must go through the experiences. — Saint Augustine
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the… — Teresa of Avila
- The custom of speaking to God Almighty as freely as with a slave - caring nothing whether the words are suitable or… — Teresa of Avila