Dietrich Bonhoeffer Quotes

When we judge other people we confront them in a spirit of detachment, observing and reflecting as it were from the outside. But love has neither time nor opportunity for this. If we love, we can never observe the other person with detachment, for he is always and at every moment a living claim to our love and service.

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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  Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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  • Opportunity