Life before 2008 15 Nov 2005 08:03 am
Dietrich Bonhoeffer quote, from another website…
There is a very real danger of our drifting into an attitude of contempt for humanity. We know full well that it would be very wrong, and that it would lead to a sterile relationship with our fellow men. …The faults we despise in others are always, to some extent at least, our own too. How often have we expected from others more than we are prepared to do ourselves! Why have we until now held such lofty views about human nature? Why have we not recognized its frailty and liability to temptation? We must form our estimate of men less from their achievements and failures, and more from their sufferings. The only profitable relationship to others – and especially to our weaker brethren – is one of love, that is the will to hold fellowship with them. Even God did not despise humanity, but became Man for man’s sake.
