Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes about Hatred

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The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.

The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Hatred, Devil, Forgetfulness

Love asks nothing in return, but seeks those who need it. And who needs our love more than those who are consumed with hatred and are utterly devoid of love.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Valentines Day, Hatred, Needs

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.97, SCM Press

Christian love draws no distinction between one enemy and another, except that the more bitter our enemy's hatred, the greater his need of love.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Christian, Hatred, Enemy

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2015). “The Cost of Discipleship”, p.97, SCM Press

The love for our enemies takes us along the way of the cross and into fellowship with the Crucified. The more we are driven along this road, the more certain is the victory of love over the enemy's hatred. For then it is not the disciple's own love, but the love of Jesus Christ alone, who for the sake of his enemies went to the cross and prayed for them as he hung there.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Jesus, Hatred, Enemy

Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Geffrey B. Kelly (1990). “A testament to freedom: the essential writings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer”, Harpercollins