Author: Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Quotes

Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.

Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

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

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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

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

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Politics are not the task of a Christian.

Politics are not the task of a Christian.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.

- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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