Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
— Dietrich BonhoefferAction springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.
— Dietrich BonhoefferChristianity means community through Jesus Christ and in Jesus Christ. No Christian community is more or less than this.
— Dietrich BonhoefferThe Christian must treat his neighbor as a man who has been redeemed by Christ and come to him in profound reverence.
— Dietrich BonhoefferThe service one performs in genuine love carries a blessing within itself.
— Dietrich BonhoefferThus, for example, the Christian will find in the humility of the Cross the strength to wash the feet of others.
— Dietrich BonhoefferYou must never be frightened at your own selfishness; for you can rise above it by humble acts of love.
— Dietrich BonhoefferThere is no one too insignificant to serve others.
— Dietrich BonhoefferThe ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children.
— Dietrich BonhoefferThe path to greatness is found in serving others.
— Dietrich BonhoefferA Christian community lives and exists by the intercession of its members for one another, or it collapses.
— Dietrich BonhoefferIt is only with gratitude that life becomes rich, and it is in serving others that one finds true richness.
— Dietrich BonhoefferHe who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community.
— Dietrich BonhoefferThe way to serve God is to serve others, and the way to love God is to love others.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer