Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Dietrich Bonhoeffer:

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#bb762f3e

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#bac027ef

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#03055347

Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#cd5157b4

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 beloved person.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#513bab6e

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#78c182b2

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#c8e2a9aa

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#f96ae2b8

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#82b2788f

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#d5b0f539

It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#efc5727f

The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#5d4135a9

God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#686bc16e

Politics are not the task of a Christian.
~Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/dietrich-bonhoeffer-quotes/#fac44776

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