33 ordspråk av Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer föddes den February 4th 1906 och dog den 9 April 1945 - His involvement in a plot to overthrow Adolf Hitler led to his imprisonment and execution.
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 A God who let us prove his existence would be an idol

 A prison cell, in which one waits, hopes - and is completely dependent on the fact that the door of freedom has to be opened from the outside, is not a bad picture of Advent

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

 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.

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

 Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy

 Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy

 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.

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

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

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

 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.

 It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

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

 One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons


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