Alyssa

“Bonhoeffer himself knew that in all of it, he was being utterly obedient to God. For him, that was the cantus firmus that made the dizzying complexities of it all perfectly coherent.”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

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

“It was not apathy or passiveness. For him, prayer was a display of the strongest possible activity.”
― Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy

“That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporal sufferring, "No future bliss can make up for it" not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory.”
― C.S. Lewis, The Great Divorce