Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters And Papers From Prison Quotes

The Church is the Church only when it exists for others...not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live for Christ, to exist for others.

It is not your love that sustains the marriage, but from now on, the marriage that sustains your love.

Every wedding must be an occasion of joy that human beings can do such great things, that they have been given such immense freedom and power to take the helm in their life’s journey…

We must learn to regard people less in the light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer.

We have to learn that personal suffering is a more effective key, a more rewarding principle for exploring the world in thought and action than personal good fortune.