Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

God gave us the mind so that we can know him.

All men are born with a nose and five fingers, but no one is born with a knowledge of God.

If you want to prove that God is not dead, first prove that man is alive.

Faith consists, not in ignorance, but in knowledge, and that, not only of God, but also of the divine will.

There's no believing in God...We either know God, or we don't.

I'd rather have all my questions unanswered and walk with God than not walk with God and have all my questions answered.

We should find God in what we do know, not in what we don't; not in outstanding problems, but in those we have already solved.

I've come to learn that theology matters. It matters not because we want to impress people, but because what we know about God shapes the way we think and live. Theology matters because if we get it wrong then our whole life will be wrong.

He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

The God to whom depth in philosophy bring back men's minds is far from being the same from whom a little philosophy estranges them

I want knowledge. Not belief. Not surmise. But knowledge. I want God to put out His hand, show His face, speak to me.

If our circumstances find us in God, we shall find God in all our circumstances.

Why stand we here trembling around, calling on God for help, and not ourselves, in whom God dwells?

The ancient spiritual tradition is that God gives himself fully to us in silence and solitude.

There are those who deny me the right to speak of God, because I am not a believer. And I say that I have every right in the world. I want to talk about God because it is a problem that affects all humanity.

Christ is everywhere and He is in me. What more do I want, except more of Him?

It would be superfluous to receive by faith, things that can be known by natural reason

God is bigger than any problem. God in you is greater than any difficulty you have to meet. God cares for you more than it is possible for any human being to realize. God can help you in proportion to the degree in which you worship him. You worship God by really putting your trust in him instead of in outer conditions, or in fear, or in depression, or in seeming dangers, and so forth. You worship God by recognizing his presence everywhere, in all people and conditions that you meet; and by praying regularly. You pray well when you pray with joy.

All these people, all these things came into my life, and they're all blessings from God. And now that I look back, I realize that these are His fingerprints all over my story.

Reason and faith cannot be separated without diminishing the capacity of men and women to know themselves, the world and God in an appropriate way.

If a man is going to write on chemistry, he learns chemistry. The same is true of Christianity.

To find God, you must look with all your heart. To remain present to God, you must remain present to your heart. To hear his voice, you must listen with all your heart. To love him, you must love with all your heart. You cannot be the person God meant you to be, and you cannot live the life he meant you to live, unless you live from the heart.

God is not just one thing we add to the mix called life. He wants an invitation from us to permeate everything and every part of us.

To be used of God. Is there anything more encouraging, more fulfilling? Perhaps not, but there is something more basic: to meet with God.

My firm belief is that he reveals Himself daily to every human being but we shut our ears to the still small Voice.