Quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Lord confers great honor on his servants when he brings them suffering.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The future and the hope for the middle class church lies in the renewal of its lifeblood, which is only possible if the church succeeds in winning the working class.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The church is her true self only when she exists for humanity.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Ultimate seriousness in not without a dose of humor.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Not in the flight of ideas, but only in action is freedom. Make up your mind and come out into the tempest of the living.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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
The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The richness of God's Word ought to determine our prayer, not the poverty of our heart.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
When our will wholeheartedly enters into the prayer of Christ, then we pray correctly.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A day without morning and evening prayers and personal intercessions is actually a day without meaning or importance.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer