Desires to which we cling closely can easily prevent us from being what we ought to be and can be and on the other hand desires repeatedly mastered for the sake of present duty make us richer.Lack of desire is poverty.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Political action means taking on responsibility. This cannot happen without power. Power is to serve responsibility.
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It is the fellowship of the Cross to experience the burden of the other. If one does not experience it, the fellowship he belongs to is not Christian. If any member refuses to bear that burden, he denies the law of Christ.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer