(?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“I discovered later, and I'm still discovering right up to this moment, that is it only by living completely in this world that one learns to have faith. One must completely abandon any attempts to make something of oneself, whether it be a saint, or a converted sinner, or a churchman (a so-called priestly type!), a righteous man or an unrighteous one, a sick man or a healthy one. By the worldliness I mean living unreservedly in life's duties, problems, successes and failures, experiences and perplexities. In doing so we throw ourselves completely into the arms of God, taking seriously, not our own sufferings, but those of God in the world - watching with Christ in Gethsemane.”

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
Read more quotes from Dietrich Bonhoeffer


Share this quote:
Share on Twitter

Friends Who Liked This Quote

To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!

1 like
All Members Who Liked This Quote

None yet!


This Quote Is From

Letters and Papers from Prison Letters and Papers from Prison by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
3,864 ratings, average rating, 264 reviews
Open Preview

Browse By Tag