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The quotations of

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident

1906–1945

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

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
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
The great masquerade of evil has played havoc with all our ethical concepts.
“After Ten Years” (Christmas 1942), in Letters and Papers from Prison
- Good & Evil
- Morality
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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