Quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Faith without works is not faith at all, but a simple lack of obedience to God.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God does not give us everything we want, but He does fulfill His promises.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
It is the task of youth not to reshape the church, but rather to listen to the word of God.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
As long as we let the Word of God be our only armor, we can look confidently into the future.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
In Jesus, the service of God and the service of the least of the brethren were one.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God turns toward the very places from which humans turn away.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If you want my goodness to stay with you then serve your neighbour, for in him God comes to you himself; such a man sees in his neighbour the material and spiritual need he is called to meet.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer