God does not love some ideal person, but rather human beings just as we are, not some ideal world, but rather the real world.
Dietrich BonhoefferThe church is only the church when it exists for others. To make a start, it should give away all its property to those in need. The clergy must live solely on the free-will offerings of their congregations, or possibly engage in some secular calling. The church must share in the secular problems of ordinary human life, not dominating, but helping and serving. It must tell men of every calling what it means to live in Christ, to exist for others.
Dietrich BonhoefferThe church has an unconditional obligation to the victims of any ordering society, even if they do not belong to the Christian community.
Dietrich BonhoefferEvery Christian community must realize that not only do the weak need the strong, but also that the strong cannot exist without the weak. The elimination of the weak is the death of fellowship.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer