Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.' These men without possessions or power, these strangers on Earth, these sinners, these followers of Jesus, have in their life with him renounced their own dignity, for they are merciful. As if their own needs and their own distress were not enough, they take upon themselves the distress and humiliation of others. They have an irresistible love for the down-trodden, the sick, the wretched, the wronged, the outcast and all who are tortured with anxiety. They go out and seek all who are enmeshed in the toils of sin and guilt. No distress is too great, no sin too appalling for their pity. If any man falls into disgrace, the merciful will sacrifice their own honour to shield him, and take his shame upon themselves. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem.
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Douglas Adams
It only takes 20 years for a liberal to become a conservative without changing a single idea.
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Robert Anton Wilson
If your desire is for good, the people will be good.
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Confucius
And yet we have what purports, or professes, or is claimed, to be a contract–the Constitution–made eighty years ago, by men who are now all dead, and who never had any power to bind us, but which (it is claimed) has nevertheless bound three generations...
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Lysander Spooner
UNDIVIDEDI am for One world undivided. One world without fear and corruption. One world ruled by Truth and Justice. I am for One peaceful world for all, Where hate has been overcome by love, And everyone is guided only By their conscience.
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Suzy Kassem
More Quotes By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die.
All men are equal before fish.
Thank God she doesn't have to be confirmed by the Senate.(on the birth of his granddaughter)
I am sure I'd have made a better all-around man if I hadn't lost so much time just making a living.
