Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Nonviolence being the mightiest force in the world and also the most elusive in its working, demands the greatest exercise of faith.

If God, in the Christmas mystery, reveals himself not as One who remains on high and dominates the universe, but as the One who bends down, descends to the little and poor earth, it means that, to be like him, we should not put ourselves above others, but indeed lower ourselves, place ourselves at the service of others, become small with the small and poor with the poor. It is regrettable to see a Christian who does not want to lower himself, who does not want to serve. A Christian who struts about is ugly: this is not Christian, it is pagan.

When I relentlessly pursue Christ, I put all my faith in Him to be able to play well and lead my team. With His power, we are able to pursue and play for His glory. We want to go out and show the world that Christ lives.

I am no disbeliever in spiritual purpose and no vague believer. I see from the standpoint of Christian orthodoxy. This means that for me the meaning of life is centered in our Redemption by Christ and what I see in the world I see in relation to that.

When Alexander had subdued the world, and wept that none were left to dispute his arms, his tears were an involuntary tribute to a monarchy that he knew not, man's empire over himself.

There are other kinds of joy found in other places in the world, but there is no place where you can find Christian joy except in Christ.

He [Jesus Christ] is the Master of all as the Servant of all.

A person who is obsessed with Jesus knows that the sin of pride is always a battle. Obsessed people know that you can never be "humble enough," and so they seek to make themselves less known and Christ more known (Mt 5:16).

Christians are those who let God clothe them with goodness and mercy, with Christ, so as to become, like Christ, servants of God and others.

A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject of all, subject to all.

Unarmed love is the most powerful force in all the world.

Christ beats his drum, but he does not press men; Christ is served with voluntaries.

Christ is either Lord of all, or He is not Lord at all

The world's idea of greatness is to rule, but Christian greatness consists in serving.

When Christ came into the world, peace was sung; and when He went out of the world, peace was bequeathed.

The more I study the world, the more I am convinced of the inability of brute force to create anything durable.

Christ is much more powerful to save, than Adam was to destroy.

He wants all or nothing. The thought of a person calling himself a 'Christian' without being a devoted follower of Christ is absurd.

The person of Christ is to me the greatest and surest of all facts.

To focus on how I'm doing more than what Christ has done is Christian narcissism

The beginning and the end of all Christian leadership is to give your life for others.

Christ for the world, for the world needs Christ!

All men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience; and that no particular sect or society of Christians ought to be favored or established by law in preference to others.

Jesus gave the world its most influential movement.

Pothinus: "Is it possible that Caesar, the conqueror of the world, has time to occupy himself with such a trifle as our taxes?" Caesar: "My friend, taxes are the chief business of a conqueror of the world.