The quotations of

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident

1906–1945

10 quotes, most often on Christianity, Good & Evil and Freedom.

Jesus’ commandment never wishes to destroy life, but rather to preserve, strengthen, and heal life.
Discipleship (1937), Preface, tr. Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss (2001)
- Christianity
- Life & Death
The right way to requite evil, according to Jesus, is not to resist it. This saying of Christ removes the Church from the sphere of politics and law.
The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 141
When holy scripture speaks of following Jesus, it proclaims that people are free from all human rules, from everything which presumes, burdens, or causes worry and torment of conscience.
Discipleship (1937), Preface, tr. Barbara Green and Reinhard Krauss (2001)
- Christianity
- Freedom
Cheap grace is the deadly enemy of our Church. We are fighting to-day for costly grace.
The Cost of Discipleship (1937), ch. 1 “Costly Grace”, p. 43
- Christianity
Patient endurance of evil does not mean a recognition of its rights. That is sheer sentimentality, and Jesus will have nothing to do with it.
The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 142
- Christianity
- Good & Evil
Costly grace is the gospel which must be sought again and again, the gift which must be asked for, the door at which a man must knock.
The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Costly Grace”, p. 45
- Christianity
Jesus is no draughtsman of political blueprints, he is the one who vanquished evil through suffering. It looked as though evil had triumphed on the cross, but the real victory belonged to Jesus.
The Cost of Discipleship (1937), “Revenge”, p. 142
- Christianity
- Good & Evil

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