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• Not until one person desires to keep his own bread for himself does hunger ensue.

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  Desire, Doe, Bread

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.51, SCM Press

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• Only the man who follows the command of Jesus single-mindedly, and unresistingly lets his yoke rest upon him, finds his burden easy, and under its gentle pressure receives the power to persevere in the right way. The command of Jesus is hard, unutterably hard, for those who try to resist it. But for those who willingly submit, the yoke is easy, and the burden is light.

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  Jesus, Men, Light

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.33, SCM Press

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• Once a man has truly experienced the mercy of God in his life he will henceforth aspire only to serve.

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  Men, Mercy Of God, Mercy

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1954). “Life Togehter”

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• Must the Christian go around looking for a cross to bear, seeking to suffer? No, insisted Bonhoeffer. Opportunities for bearing crosses will occur along life's way and all that is required is the willingness to act when the time comes. The needs of the neighbor, especially those of the weak and downtrodden, the victimized and the persecuted, the ill and the lonely, will become abundantly evident.

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  Christian, Lonely, Opportunity

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• Fulfilled life is possible in spite of unfulfilled wishes.

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  Gratitude, Wish, Life Is

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• I can no longer condemn or hate a brother for whom I pray, no matter how much trouble he causes me.

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  Brother, Hate, Matter

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Samuel Wells (2015). “Life Together”, p.65, SCM Press

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• The word of cheap grace has been the ruin of more Christians than any commandment of works.

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  Christian, Grace, Ruins

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.14, SCM Press

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• Possessions are not God's blessing and goodness, but the opportunities of service which he entrusts to us.

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  Blessing, Opportunity, Goodness

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Geffrey B. Kelly (1990). “A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer”, Harpercollins

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• The church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.

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  Christian, Community, Church

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2013). “Letters to London: Bonhoeffer’s previously unpublished correspondence with Ernst Cromwell, 1935-36”, p.93, SPCK

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• time is the most valuable thing that we have, because it is the most irrevocable.

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  Valuable, Valuable Things, Irrevocable

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.8, Simon and Schuster

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• If you reject God's commanding word, you will not receive God's gracious word.

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  God, Christian, Gracious

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• Battles are won, not with weapons, but with God. They are won where the way leads to the cross.

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  Battle, Weapons, Way

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Geffrey B. Kelly (1990). “A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer”, Harpercollins

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• A father acts on behalf of his children by working, providing, intervening, struggling, and suffering for them. In so doing, he really stands in their place. He is not an isolated individual, but incorporates the selves of several people in his own self.

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  Children, Father, Struggle

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• There is no way to peace along the way of safety. For peace must be dared. It is itself the great venture and can never be safe. Peace is the opposite of security. To demand guarantees is to want to protect oneself. Peace means giving oneself completely to God's commandment. Wanting no security, but in faith and obedience laying the destiny of the nations in the hand of almighty God. Not trying to direct it for selfish purposes. Battles are won not with weapons, but with God. They are won when the way leads to the cross.

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  Selfish, Mean, Destiny

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• On Sunday 8 April 1945, he had just finished conducting a service of worship at Schoenberg, when two soldiers came took him away. As he left, he said to another prisoner, This is the end - but for me, the beginning - of life. He was hanged the next day, less than a week before the Allies reached the camp.

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  Life, Sunday, Two

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• A person who loves community tends to destroy it. But a person who loves people creates community wherever he goes.

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  People, Community, Persons

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• The celebration of Advent is possible only to those who are troubled in soul, who know themselves to be poor and imperfect, and who look forward to something greater to come.

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  Soul, Looks, Imperfect

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• Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.

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  Christian, Hatred, Enemy

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.97, SCM Press

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• One cannot simply read the Bible, like other books. One must be prepared really to enquire of it. Only thus will it reveal itself. Only if we expect from it the ultimate answer, shall we receive it. That is because in the Bible God speaks to us. And one cannot simply think about God in one’s own strength, one has to inquire of him. Only if we seek him, will he answer us.

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  Book, Thinking, Answers

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• It is worse for a liar to tell the truth than for a lover of truth to lie.... There is a truth which is of Satan. Its essence is that under the semblance of truth it denies everything that is real. It lives upon hatred of the real world which is created and loved by God.

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  Real, Liars, Lying

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• Who among us will celebrate Christmas correctly? Whoever finally lays down all power, l honor, all reputation, all vanity, all arrogance, all individualism beside the manger; whoever remains lowly and lets God alone be high; whoever looks at the child in the manger and sees the glory of God precisely in his lowliness.

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  Letting Go, Children, Vanity

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas”, p.26, Westminster John Knox Press

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• Prayer does not mean simply to pour out one's heart. It means rather to find the way to God and to speak with him, whether the heart is full or empty.

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  Prayer, Heart, Mean

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• Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ.

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  Christianity, Christ, Discipleship

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.17, SCM Press

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• Good Friday and Easter free us to think about other things far beyond our own personal fate, about the ultimate meaning of all life, suffering, and events; and we lay hold of a great hope.

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  Friday, Easter, Fate

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.17, Simon and Schuster

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• We have become so accustomed to the idea of divine love and of God's coming at Christmas that we no longer feel the shiver of fear that God's coming should arouse in us. We are indifferent to the message, taking only the pleasant and agreeable out of it and forgetting the serious aspect, that the God of the world draws near to the people of our little earth and lays claim to us. The coming of God is truly not only glad tidings, but first of all frightening news for everyone who has a conscience.

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  Faith, Ideas, People

  Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “God Is in the Manger: Reflections on Advent and Christmas”, p.8, Westminster John Knox Press

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