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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Theologian
Born: Feb 4, 1906
Died: Apr 9, 1945
God Love Own People Strong Truth
Related authors: Albert Schweitzer Friedrich Schleiermacher Jakob Bohme Johann Kaspar Lavater Johannes Tauler Karl Rahner Paul Tillich Rudolf Otto
God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Love Truth God Satan Envy Hatred Out Judges Them Created Things
The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
World Society Kind Moral Test Leaves Ultimate Children
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
Hope Future Man Enemy Others Claim Abandon High Vitality Inspiration Head Takes Himself Enables His Source Optimism Account Essence Where Hold Present Resigned
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
Strength Man Strong Decision Strong Man Weak Characteristic About Excellence He Between Make Forced Alternatives Fore Always Issues Decide Them Themselves Momentous Chosen Bring
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Religion Obedience Better Hundred One Act Than Act Sermons
If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
You Other Corridor Running Direction Wrong Along Train Board Use
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
Relationship People Light Omit Must More Learn Regard Less Suffer
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Obedient Only He Who Believes
Politics are not the task of a Christian. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Politics Christian Task
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Own Others Our Easy Importance Overestimate Very Owe Achievements Comparison
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
Love Truth Nothing Relative Must Between Since Come Makes Person Human Regard Little Human Love Even Beloved
To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Fruit Suffering Christ Cross Allegiance Exclusive Tragedy Endure Which Jesus Jesus Christ
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
Nature People Strong Own Weak Out Strong People About Crucial Clear Advantage Between Alternatives Opinion Always Questions Form Decide Them Bring

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