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Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Age: 39 †
Born: 1906
Born: February 4
Died: 1945
Died: April 8
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A Christian is someone who shares the sufferings of God in the world.
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In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.
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God has willed that we should seek and find God's living Word in the testimony of other Christians, in the mouths of human beings.
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The child asks of the Father whom he knows. Thus, the essence of Christian prayer is not general adoration, but definite, concrete petition. The right way to approach God is to stretch out our hands and ask of One who we know has the heart of a Father.
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Politics are not the task of a Christian.
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There is no way to peace along the way to safety. For peace must be dared. It is the great venture.
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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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Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him, whether the heart is full or empty.
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Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.
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Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
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The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.
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Where is love more glorified than where she dwells in the midst of her enemies?
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Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.
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A person who loves community tends to destroy it. But a person who loves people creates community wherever he goes.
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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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God turns toward the very places from which humans turn away.
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We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.
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Ultimate seriousness in not without a dose of humor.
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The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.
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If any want to become my followers, Jesus says. Following him is not something that is self-evident, even among the disciples. No one can be forced, no one can be expected to follow him. ... If any want to follow me, they must deny themselves ... and take up their cross.
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