Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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 ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#depravity #freedom

Freedom for the Church comes from the necessity of the Word of God. Otherwise, it becomes arbitrariness and ends in a great many new ties. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#freedom #freedom

Not in the flight of ideas, but only in action is freedom. Make up your mind and come out into the tempest of the living. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#freedom #inspirational #living-life #freedom

Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#obedient #only #who

Politics are not the task of a Christian. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#politics #task

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

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#god #his #idol #let us #prove

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

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#envy #god #hatred #judges #love

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

#between #come #even #human #human love

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

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#comparison #easy #importance #others #our

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ. ↗

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

#christ #cross #endure #exclusive #fruit