Quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
All are called to be what in the reality of God they are already.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Before Jesus leads His disciples into suffering, humiliation, disgrace, and disdain, He summons them and shows Himself to them as the Lord in God's glory.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we have already solved.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God is not free from human beings but for them.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Certainly one must try everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
God honors some with great suffering and grants them the grace of martyrdom, while other are not tempted beyond their strength. But in every case it is one cross.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Lord stands above the new day, for God has made it. All restlessness, all worry, and anxiety flee before him.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Church knows nothing of a sacredness of war. The Church which prays'Our Father'asks God only for peace.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
There are not two realities, but only one reality, and that is the reality of God, which has become manifest in the Christ event/redemption and creation.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What is happiness and unhappiness? It depends so little on the circumstances; it depends really only on what happens inside a person. I am grateful for every day and that makes me happy.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer