Quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus calls men, not to a new religion, but to life.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The gift of Christ is not the Christian religion, but the grace and love of God which culminate in the cross.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
There is no kindness more cruel than the kindness which consigns another person to their sin.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
If religion is only a garment of Christianity and even this garment has looked very different at different time then what is religion less Christianity?
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Your life as a Christian should make non believers question their disbelief in God.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Who can really be faithful in great things if he has not learned to be faithful in the things of daily life?
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Politics are not the task of a Christian.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Man seeks, in his manhood, not orders, not laws and peremptory dogmas, but counsel from one who is earnest in goodness and faithful in friendship, making man free.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus' call to bear the cross places all who follow him in the community of the forgiveness of sins. Forgiving sins is the Christ-suffering required of his disciples. It is required of all Christians.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer