“A community of Jesus which seeks to hide itself has ceased to follow him.”
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
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Famous Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes
Source: A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
Source: Life Together
“You can only learn what obedience is by obeying”
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
“In Jesus, the service of God and the service of the least of the brethren were one.”
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
Source: Letters Papers from Prison
“A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom.”
Source: God Is on the Cross: Reflections on Lent and Easter
“Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.”
Source: A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Source: Life Together
“The beginning of love for the brethren is learning to listen to them.”
Source: Life Together
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
“Only the suffering God can help.”
Source: Letters and Papers from Prison
Source: God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas
“A righteous person is one who lives for the next generation.”
Source: Life Together
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
“Where a people prays, there is the church; and where the church is; there is never loneliness.”
Source: Barcelona, Berlin, New York, 1928-1931
Source: Life Together
Source: Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Meditation and Prayer
“In Jesus Christ we have been chosen from eternity, accepted in time, and united for eternity.”
Source: Life Together
“Jesus calls men, not to a new religion, but to life.”
Source: Letters Papers from Prison
“May God in His mercy lead us through these times; but above all, may He lead us to Himself.”
Source: Letters and Papers from Prison
“It is from God that parents receive their children, and it is to God that they should lead them.”
Source: Letters Papers from Prison
Source: God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas
“Joy draws its nourishment from quietness and from the unfathomable.”
“If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.”
Source: Life Together: Prayerbook of the Bible
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
Source: Ethics
“A pastor who does not pray daily for his congregation is not a pastor.”
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
Source: The Cost of Discipleship
“Do not try to make the Bible relevant. Its relevance is axiomatic.”
Source: Bonhoeffer: worldly preaching
Source: I Want to Live These Days with You: A Year of Daily Devotions
Source: True patriotism; 1939-45: from the collected works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer