"Neighbourliness is not a quality in other people, it is simply their claim on ourselves."
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer quotes (page 19 of 22)
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"The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving."
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"Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life."
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"If Jesus Christ is not true God, how could he help us? If he is not true man, how could he help us?"
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"As Christ bore and received us as sinners so we in his fellowship may bear and receive sinners into the fellowship of Christ through the forgiving of sins."
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"Whenever the Psalter is abandoned, an incomparable treasure is lost to the Christian church. With its recovery will come unexpected power."
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"When we come to a clearer and more sober estimate of our own limitations and responsibilities, that makes it possible more genuinely to love our neighbor."
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"Will not the very moment of great disillusionment with my brother or sister be incomparably wholesome for me becuase it so thoroughly teaches me that both of us can never live by our own words and deeds, but only by that one Word and deed that really binds us together, the forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ? The bright day of Christian community dawns wherever the early morning mists of dreamy visions are lifting"
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"The future of modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These few will greatly enjoy the divine inspiration and will be prepared to stand for the dignity of Man and true freedom and to keep the Law of God, even of it means martyrdom or death."
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"A community of Jesus which seeks to hide itself has ceased to follow him."
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"We have grown so accustomed to the idea of divine love...that we no longer sense the awe that God's coming should awaken in us."
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"It is a dangerous error, surely very widespread among Christians, to think that the heart can pray by itself."
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"Once again, Jesus calls those who follow him to share his passion."
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"Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life."
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"The consciousness of being borne up by a spiritual tradition that goes back for centuries gives one a feeling of confidence and security in the face of all passing strains and stresses."
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"The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law."
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"Only in Jesus are we able to pray, and with Him we also know that we shall be heard."
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"The cross is suffering with Christ."
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"Certainly one must try everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is."
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"Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful."
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