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

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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  4. The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. - Karl Lagerfeld

  5. I don't remember who said this, but there really are places in the heart you don't even know exist until you love a child. - Anne Lamott

More Quotes By Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  1. Jesus Christ lived in the midst of his enemies. At the end all his disciples deserted him. On the Cross he was utterly alone, surrounded by evildoers and mockers. For this cause he had come, to bring peace to the enemies of God. <span style="margin:15px;...

  2. When all is said and done, the life of faith is nothing if not an unending struggle of the spirit with every available weapon against the flesh.

  3. Action springs not from thought, but from a readiness for responsibility.

  4. As you gave the ring to one another and have now received it a 2nd time from the hand of the pastor, so love comes from you, but marriage from above, from God. As high as God is above man, so high are the sanctity,...

  5. Many people seek fellowship because they are afraid to be alone...let him who cannot be alone beware of community. He will do harm to himself and to the community. Alone you stood before God when he called you; alone you had to answer that call;...

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