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 Quotes
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
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Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

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One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons

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If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

If you do a good job for others, you heal yourself at the same time, because a dose of joy is a spiritual cure.

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First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

First they came for the Communists, but I was not a Communist so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Socialists and the Trade Unionists, but I was neither, so I did not speak out. Then they came for the Jews, but I was not a Jew so I did not speak out. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak out for me.

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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.

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To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge. To recognize the - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

To understand reality is not the same as to know about outward events. It is to perceive the essential nature of things. The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he will lose sight of what is essential. But on the other hand, knowledge of an apparently trivial detail quite often makes it possible to see into the depth of things. And so the wise man will seek to acquire the best possible knowledge about events, but always without becoming dependent upon this knowledge. To recognize the

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God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred.

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It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.

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The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children. - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.

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Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy - Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy

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