Quotes by Hanna Ahrens
Hanna Ahrens (1938–2024) — Pastorin, Seelsorgerin und Buchautorin · evangelisch · Deutschland
Hanna Ahrens (1938–2024) war eine deutsche evangelische Pastorin, Seelsorgerin und Autorin, die nach einem mehrjährigen Dienst in Papua-Neuguinea vor allem von Hamburg aus in der Frauen- und Gemeindearbeit sowie als Schiffspastorin wirkte. Bekannt wurde sie durch zahlreiche christliche Bücher mit lebensnahen Alltagsgeschichten und seelsorglichen Impulsen. Heutigen Bibellesern bieten ihre Texte leicht verständliche Anregungen, Glaubensinhalte mit konkreten Alltagserfahrungen, Trost und Zuversicht zu verbinden.
Era: Today
Recurring topics: Wisdom & Understanding, Ethical Questions, Freedom & Truth, Joy & Gratitude, Time & Transience, Faith & Trust, Hope & Confidence, Meaning & Identity
Quotes by Hanna Ahrens
Every phase of life has its own weight. It carries its own happiness and its particular burden within itself. That is why it is good to be fully present and attentive to what God gives or asks of me now.
Hanna Ahrens
What I give thanks for truly belongs to me.
Hanna Ahrens
Joy is a wonderful feeling. When it is there, almost everything else can be missing. But without joy, even the greatest luxury is of no use.
Hanna Ahrens
When my heart sings and thanks God for this life, everything gets color.
Hanna Ahrens
I cannot live otherwise than to keep expecting new and great things from God.
Hanna Ahrens
Wisdom is a virtue of old age, and it probably comes only to those who in their youth were neither wise nor prudent.
Hanna Ahrens
God has much more in store for us than we are or have at this moment.
Hanna Ahrens
When God speaks to us, a way forward opens up: everything is open and everything is possible.
Hanna Ahrens
When God touches our heart, it begins to sing.
Hanna Ahrens
The most prominent and also most terrifying aspect of the German escape from reality lies in the attitude of treating facts as if they were mere opinions.
Hanna Ahrens
The alternative capitalism-socialism is no real alternative. These are equal brothers with unequal caps.
Hanna Ahrens
The revolutionaries do not make the revolution! The revolutionaries are those who know when power is lying in the street and when they can pick it up!
Hanna Ahrens
A world that is to have space for the public realm cannot be erected for one generation only or planned only for the living; it must surpass the lifespan of mortal men.
Hanna Ahrens
One can say that fascism has, in a sense, added a new variant to the ancient art of lying - the most diabolical variant one can imagine - namely: the lying of truth.
Hanna Ahrens
Insight into a political issue means nothing other than gaining and keeping present the greatest possible overview of the possible positions and standpoints from which the issue can be seen and judged.
Hanna Ahrens
Thus, the difference between traditional and modern political lies essentially comes down to the difference between hiding and destroying.
Hanna Ahrens
Sources: hamburgertrauer.de, wikipedia.org, whoswho.de, lovelybooks.de
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