Quote by Eric Metaxas

“Bonhoeffer’s theology had always leaned toward the incarnational view that did not eschew “the world,” but that saw it as God’s good creation to…

— Eric Metaxas

“Bonhoeffer's thought is not determined by the ultimacy of this world but by his opposition to 'the separation ... (of) the two spheres of…

— Anonymous

“The rich world of his ancestors set the standards for Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s own life. It gave him a certainty of judgment and manner that…

— Eric Metaxas

“(Bonhoeffer's) change was not an ungainly, embarrassing leap from which he would have to retreat slightly when he gained more maturity and perspective. It…

— Eric Metaxas

“It was still quiet at the bar, early afternoon, before the happy-hour crowd arrived with their after-work bonhomie, and even as the barkeep kept…

— William Lashner

“for he seemed only able to inhale it by thimblefuls,”

— Mark Twain

“He stole glances at the heathen faces of Bodien and Gaylord, the suffering, yet oddly consoled, eyes and mouth of Basellecci, noting the brave…

— Edward Lewis Wallant

“…In this way that he sought to control the very passage of his life, deftly and without forethought, yet precisely and with enormous care.…

— Jesse Ball

“He was a handsome man, not in the way of mercurial Cesare or the false angel, Morozzi, but with a calm steadiness that sat…

— Sara Poole

“He imagined the pain of the world to be like some formless parasitic being seeking out the warmth of human souls wherein to incubate…

— Cormac McCarthy

“His face was still smarter and more spiritual than others, but it rarely laughed, and assumed, one after another, those features which are so…

— Hermann Hesse

“Foolishness had never been an option in his life. He hadn’t acquired the knack for it. He should have known. Kisses, he’d learned through…

— Julie Anne Long