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Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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Time is the most precious gift in our possession, for it is the most irrevocable. This is what makes it so disturbing to look back upon the time which we have lost. Time lost is time when we have not lived a full human life, time unenriched by experience, creative endeavor, enjoyment, and suffering. Time lost is time not filled, time left empty.
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The wars of Israel were the only 'holy wars' in history... there can be no more wars of faith. The only way to overcome our enemy is by loving him.
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Many people are looking for an ear that will listen. They do not find it among Christians, because these Christians are talking where they should be listening.
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The Church is the Church only when it exists for others.
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The pursuit of purity is not about the suppression of lust, but about the reorientation of one's life to a larger goal.
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A love that left people alone in their guilt would not have real people as its object. So, in vicarious responsibility for people, and in His love for real human beings, Jesus becomes the one burdened by guilt.
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Only those who put tomorrow completely into God's hand and receive fully today what they need for their lives are really secure.
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Jesus' commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.
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Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.
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Prayer is the supreme instance of the hidden character of the Christian life.
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Advent creates people, new people.
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Only the suffering God can help.
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The essence of chastity is not the suppression of lust, but the total orientation of one's life towards a goal. Without such a goal, chastity is bound to become ridiculous. Chastity is the sine qua non of lucidity and concentration.
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Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.
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Fruit is always the miraculous, the created it is never the result of willing, but always a growth. The fruit of the Spirit is a gift of God, and only He can produce it. They who bear it know as little about it as the tree knows of its fruit. They know only the power of Him on whom their life depends
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Monastic life thus became a living protest against the secularization of Christianity, against the cheapening of grace.
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The more isolated a person is, the more destructive will be the power of sin over him, and the more deeply he becomes involved in it, the more disastrous is his isolation.
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The church is not a religious community of worshippers of Christ but is Christ himself who has taken form among people.
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Telling the truth ... is not solely a matter of moral character it is also a matter of correct appreciation of real situations and of serious reflection upon them.
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The cross is God's truth about us, and therefore it is the only power thatcanmakeustruthful.Whenwe know the cross we are no longer afraid of the truth.
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