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Who stands firm? Only the one for whom the final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, his virtue, but who is ready to sacrifice all these, when in faith and sole allegiance to God he

Who stands firm? Only the one for whom the final standard is not his reason, his principles, his conscience, his freedom, his virtue, but who is ready to sacrifice all these, when in faith and sole allegiance to God he is called to obedient and responsible action: the responsible person, whose life will be nothing but an answer to God's question and call.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sacrifice, Answers, Principles
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1966). “I Loved this People: Testimonies of Responsibility”, London : S.P.C.K.

No sacrifice which a lover would make for his beloved is too great for us to make for our enemy.

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

In recent years we have seen a great deal of bravery and self-sacrifice, but civil courage hardly anywhere, even among ourselves.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Sacrifice, Years, Self
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2011). “Letters Papers from Prison”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled. Not only do the followers of Jesus renounce their rights, they renounce their own righteousness too. They get no praise for their achievements or sacrifices. They cannot have righteous– ness except by hungering and thirsting for it (this applies equally to their own righteousness and to the righteousness of God on earth ), always they look forward to the future righteousness of God, but they cannot establish it for themselves. Those who follow Jesus grow hungry and thirsty on the way.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Jesus, Blessed, Sacrifice
"The Cost of Discipleship".

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