"One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons.“

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

posted in Religion

Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote on Religion: "One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons." - Aesthetic Wallpaper & Wisdom

Other Quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Discover more inspiring quotes by Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"God's truth judges created things out of love, and Satan's truth judges them out of envy and hatred."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

TruthView Quote

"Human love has little regard for the truth. It makes the truth relative, since nothing, not even the truth, must come between it and the beloved person."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

TruthView Quote

"Politics are not the task of a Christian."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

PoliticsView Quote

"The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world that it leaves to its children."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

SocietyView Quote

"We must learn to regard people less in light of what they do or omit to do, and more in the light of what they suffer."

-Dietrich Bonhoeffer

RelationshipView Quote

Same Category

More quotes in this category

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."

-C. S. Lewis

ReligionView Quote

"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."

-Albert Einstein

ReligionView Quote

"I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for religion - I have shuddered at it. I shudder no more - I could be martyred for my religion - Love is my religion - I could die for that."

-John Keats

ReligionView Quote

"We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without human affection."

-Dalai Lama

ReligionView Quote

"This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple the philosophy is kindness."

-Dalai Lama

ReligionView Quote

"It is a fine thing to establish one's own religion in one's heart, not to be dependent on tradition and second-hand ideals. Life will seem to you, later, not a lesser, but a greater thing."

-David Herbert Lawrence

ReligionView Quote