Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes about Life

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The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Life, Happiness, Success

Only those who put tomorrow completely into God's hand and receive fully today what they need for their lives are really secure.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Life, Hands, Needs

In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Inspirational, Life, Thank You

Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.52, Simon and Schuster

On Sunday 8 April 1945, he had just finished conducting a service of worship at Schoenberg, when two soldiers came took him away. As he left, he said to another prisoner, This is the end - but for me, the beginning - of life. He was hanged the next day, less than a week before the Allies reached the camp.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Life, Sunday, Two