1906-1945, German Lutheran Pastor and Theologian
A god who let us prove his existence would be an idol.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer – [God]
Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer – [Action]
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.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer – [Strength]
Only he who believes is obedient and only he who is obedient believes.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer – [Obedience]
The mark of solitude is silence, as speech is the mark of community. Silence and speech have the same inner correspondence and difference as do solitude and community. One does not exist without the other. Right speech comes out of silence, and right silence comes out of speech.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer – [Solitude]