Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

German church leader and resistance fighter

Lived from: 1906 - 1945

Category: Politics Country: Germany

Born: 4 february 1906 Died: 9 april 1945

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• It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own.

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• A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.

  ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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• Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

  ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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• Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.

  ― Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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• The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

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Subjects in these quotes:

• responsibility
• questions
• existence
• readiness
• believes
• obedient

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