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“Jesus himself did not try to convert the two thieves on the cross; he waited until one of them turned to him.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison

“Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship

“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God's will.”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Absolute seriousness is never without a dash of humor.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Christianity preaches the infinite worth of that which is seemingly worthless and the infinite worthlessness of that which is seemingly so valued.”
― Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“Totally without hope one cannot live. To live without hope is to cease to live. Hell is hopelessness. It is no accident that above the entrance to Dante's hell is the inscription: "Leave behind all hope, you who enter here.”
― Jurgen Moltmann, Theology of Hope: On the Ground and the Implications of a Christian Eschatology

“God weeps with us so that we may one day laugh with him.”
― Jurgen Moltmann

“Well, first I would ask them if they had read the Bible; then I would ask them if they had understood it.”
― Jurgen Moltmann

“Doubt isn't the opposite of faith; it is an element of faith.”
― Paul Tillich

“The first duty of love is to listen.”
― Paul Tillich

“The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable.”
― paul tillich

“Sometimes I think it is my mission to bring faith to the faithless, and doubt to the faithful.”
― Paul Tillich

“Man's ultimate concern must be expressed symbolically, because symbolic language alone is able to express the ultimate.”
― Paul Tillich

“Boredom is rage spread thin”
― Paul Tillich

“I hope for the day when everyone can speak of God without embarrassment.”
― Paul Tillich

“All sins are attempts to fill voids.”
― Simone Weil

“Love is not consolation. It is light.”
― Simone Weil

“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied; real evil is gloomy, monotonous, barren, boring. Imaginary good is boring; real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”
― Simone Weil

“Humility is attentive patience.”
― Simone Weil

“Every sin is an attempt to fly from emptiness. ”
― Simone Weil

“Whatever debases the intelligence degrades the entire human being.”
― Simone Weil

“He who has not God in himself cannot feel His absence.”
― Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace

“We must not wish for the disappearance of our troubles but for the grace to transform them.”
― Simone Weil

“To belittle, you have to be little.”
― Kahill Gibran, The Prophet

“Love and Doubt are not on speaking terms”
― Kahil Gibran

“The real test of good manners is to be able to put up with bad manners pleasantly.”
― Khalil Gibran

“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.”
― John Lennon

“The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.”
― Rob Bell, Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith

“ The Paradoxical Commandments

People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered.
Love them anyway.

If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives.
Do good anyway.

If you are successful, you will win false friends and true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

The good you do today will be forgotten tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Honesty and frankness make you vulnerable.
Be honest and frank anyway.

The biggest men and women with the biggest ideas can be shot down by the smallest men and women with the smallest minds.
Think big anyway.

People favor underdogs but follow only top dogs.
Fight for a few underdogs anyway.

What you spend years building may be destroyed overnight.
Build anyway.

People really need help but may attack you if you do help them.
Help people anyway.

Give the world the best you have and you'll get kicked in the teeth.
Give the world the best you have anyway.”
― Kent M. Keith, The Silent Revolution: Dynamic Leadership in the Student Council