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I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.


Marlene Dietrich

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DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 7. the ministry of authority ...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Commemoration of Scholastica, Abbess of Plombariola, c.543 Seven principles for eradicating selfish ...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 4. the ministry of helpfulness...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 3. the ministry of listening ...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fellowship: 2. the ministry of meekness ...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Commemoration of Martyrs of Japan, 1597 Seven principles for eradicating selfish ambition in the fel...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Feast of Bartholomew the Apostle We may suffer the sins of our brother; we do not need to judge....
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Feast of Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles Life together under the Word will remain sound a...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles The heart of man is revealed in temptation. Man knows his sin, wh...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Feast of Michael & All Angels When a man really gives up trying to make something out of himself ...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER When the Bible speaks of "following Jesus", it is proclaiming a discipleship which will liberate man...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER But when once Christ had called him, Peter had no alternative he must leave the ship and come to Him...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945 Not only the young Christian but also the adu...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Commemoration of Amy Carmichael, Founder of the Dohnavur Fellowship, 1951 We preach Jesus Christ ...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER We are separated from one another by an unbridgeable gulf of otherness and strangeness which resists...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Maundy Thursday Feast of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Teacher, Martyr, 1945 What do I mean by "interpr...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Feast of Dominic, Priest, Founder of the Order of Preachers, 1221 It is the fellowship of the Cro...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Let him who cannot be alone beware of community... Let him who is not in community beware of being a...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER It is not that God's help and presence must still be proved in our life; rather God's presence and h...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER The most experienced psychologist or observer of human nature knows infinitely less of the human hea...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to...
DIETRICH BONHOEFFER We all know how quick David can be, when he is fully motivated. He still has it.
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