Believe Quote by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“I believe that nothing that happens to me is meaningless and that it is good for us all that it should be so, even if it runs counter to our own wishes. As I see it, I'm here for some purpose, and I only hope I may fulfill it.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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