The physical presence of other Christians is a source of incomparable joy and strength to the believer.
Dietrich BonhoefferIt seems to me more important actually to share someones distress than to use smooth words about it.
Dietrich BonhoefferThe 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