If you board the wrong train, it's no use running along the corridor in the other direction. Dietrich Bonhoeffer More Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer More Quotes From Dietrich Bonhoeffer The restoration of the church must surely depend on a new kind of monasticism, which has nothing in common with the old but a life of uncompromising discipleship, following Christ according to the sermon on the mount. I believe the time has come to gather people together to do this. Dietrich Bonhoeffer following-christbelievepeople A king who dies on the cross must be the king of a rather strange kingdom. Dietrich Bonhoeffer strangekingdomskings Christianity without the living Christ is inevitably Christianity without discipleship, and Christianity without discipleship is always Christianity without Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer discipleshipchristianitychrist A person who loves community tends to destroy it. But a person who loves people creates community wherever he goes. Dietrich Bonhoeffer communitypersonspeople The Christian needs another Christian who speaks God's word to him. He needs him again and again when he becomes uncertain and discouraged, for by himself he cannot help himself without belying the truth. Dietrich Bonhoeffer christianhelpingneeds A home is a kingdom of it's own in the midst of the world, a stronghold amid life's storms and stresses, a refuge, even a sanctuary. Dietrich Bonhoeffer stormstresshome The more deeply we grow into the psalms and the more often we pray them as our own, the more simple and rich will our prayer become. Dietrich Bonhoeffer simpleprayingprayer Being free means "being free for the other," because the other has bound me to him. Only in relationship with the other am I free Dietrich Bonhoeffer being-freetemptationmean The entire day receives order and discipline when it acquires unity. This unity must be sought and found in morning prayer. The morning prayer determines the day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer prayermorningorder Just as our love for God begins with listening to God's Word, the beginning of love for other Christians is learning to listen to them. Dietrich Bonhoeffer christianlisteninglove Nothing can fill the gap when we are away from those we love, and it would be wrong to try to find anything.....It is nonsense to say that God fills the gap; he does not fill it, but keeps it empty so that our communion with another may be kept alive, even at the cost of pain. Dietrich Bonhoeffer paingrievingtrying Christianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this. Whether it is a brief, single encounter or the daily fellowship of years, Christian community is only this. We belong to one another only through and in Jesus Christ. Dietrich Bonhoeffer christianmeanjesus It is only because he became like us that we can become like him. Dietrich Bonhoeffer spiritual-wisdomchristiangod Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words. Dietrich Bonhoeffer combatrefuseevil Not everyone can wait: neither the sated nor the satisfied nor those without respect can wait. The only ones who can wait are people who carry restlessness around with them. Dietrich Bonhoeffer satisfiedwaitingpeople God is not a God of the emotions but the God of truth. Dietrich Bonhoeffer emotion It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love. Dietrich Bonhoeffer marriage-problemsinspirational-marriagemarriage What is the "extraordinary"? It is the love of Jesus Christ himself, love that goes to the cross in suffering obedience. Dietrich Bonhoeffer self-lovesufferingjesus Intercessory prayer is the purifying bath into which the individual and the community must enter every day. Dietrich Bonhoeffer bathscommunityprayer It is the task of youth not to reshape the church, but rather to listen to the word of God. Dietrich Bonhoeffer youthtaskschurch
