English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

Who is pure in heart? Only those who have surrendered their hearts completely to Jesus that he may reign in them alone. Only those whose hearts are undefiled by their own evil--and by their own virtues too. The pure in heart have a child-like simplicity like Adam before the fall, innocent alike of good and evil: their hearts are not ruled by their conscience, but by the will of Jesus.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Buzz Osborne quote: "I never solicited a major label and I certainly wouldn't now."
I never solicited a major label and I certainly wouldn't now. Buzz Osborne
His face frightened me, as it did everyone; but not because it was brutal, not because it was evil. On the contrary, it frightened me because it was so beautiful, because it was so good. Gilbert K. Chesterton
I get so nervous on stage I can't help but talk. I try. I try telling my brain: stop sending words to the mouth. But I get nervous and turn into my grandma. Behind the eyes it's pure fear. I find it difficult to believe I'm going to be able to deliver. Adele
Once in a while I go off on a spree and make a fool of myself, but I always come back, and in my heart I love her all the time. - The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald
I suppose each of us has his own fantasy of how he wants to die. I would like to go out in a blaze of glory, myself, or maybe simply disappear someday, far out in the heart of the wilderness I love, all by myself, alone with the Universe and whatever God may happen to be looking on. Disappear - and never return. That's my fantasy. Edward Abbey
Ada Louise Huxtable quote: "An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like..."
An excellent job with a dubious undertaking, which is like saying it would be great if it wasn't awful. Ada Louise Huxtable
Bryan Ferry quote: "I like the fact that music is more abstract."
I like the fact that music is more abstract. Bryan Ferry
William Hazlitt quote: "To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for..."
To be remembered after we are dead, is but poor recompense for being treated with contempt while we are living. William Hazlitt
The national interest cannot be defined as a common interest of the industrial, commercial, and financial companies of a country, because there is no such common interest; nor can it be defined as the life, liberty, and well-being of the citizens, because they are continually being adjured to sacrifice their well-being, their liberty, and their lives to the national interest. In the end a study of modern history leads to the conclusion that the national interest of every State consists in its... Simone Weil
The sun's champagne streamed from one body into another. And there was a couple on the green silk of the grass, covered by a raspberry umbrella. Only their feet and a little bit of lace could be seen. In the magnificent universe beneath the raspberry umbrella, with closed eyes, they drank in the sparkling madness.'Extra! Extra! Zeppelins over the North Sea at 3 o'clock.'But under the umbrella, in the raspberry universe, they were immortal. What did it matter that in another far-away... Yevgeny Zamyatin
John S. Tanner quote: "Social Security faces financial problems down the road because..."
Social Security faces financial problems down the road because of demographics. John S. Tanner
Alex Chiu quote: "Honestly, being a doctor could make you more close minded than..."
Honestly, being a doctor could make you more close minded than regular people. Alex Chiu
Norodom Sihamoni quote: "I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share..."
I will always stay close to all compatriots, and share together the happiness and suffering. Norodom Sihamoni
Stephen Sondheim quote: "Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do..."
Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself. Stephen Sondheim
And I thought about books. And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books. A man had to think them up. A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper. And I'd never even thought that thought before. Ray Bradbury