One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.
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The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children.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
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The Church is her true self only when she exists for humanity. As a fresh start, she should give away all her endowments to the poor and needy. The clergy should live solely on the freewill offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.
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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.
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A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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