Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes


It is much easier for me to imagine a praying murderer, a praying prostitute, than a vain person praying. Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.


Citations

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich. Meditating on the Word. Translated by David McI. Gracie, Cowley Publications, 1986.

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Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  • Born: February 4, 1906
  • Died: April 9, 1945
  • Nationality: German
  • Profession: Theologian

Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book The Cost of Discipleship has been described as a modern classic.