We cannot face the 'cooling of hearts' in our time with human good will alone. We must appeal to the origin of love and truly give space to the divine power of love within us. Otherwise we become heartless fighters for justice, who strangle people with the truth.
— Jan Dobutowitsch (b. 1979), Diakon und Autor christlicher Aphorismen
Topics: Love, Justice & Commitment
Jan Dobutowitsch
Jan Dobutowitsch (* 1979) ist ein deutscher Diakon, Gestalter und Autor christlicher Aphorismen. Bekannt ist er für prägnante Sinnsprüche und geistliche Impulse zu Themen wie Glaubenspraxis, Aufrichtigkeit und Anbetung. In christlichen Medien und Gemeindepublikationen dienen seine Gedanken heute als alltagsnahe Anregungen für Andacht und Reflexion.
All quotes by Jan Dobutowitsch (14)
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
Mother Teresa
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
It wasn't the nails that held Jesus to the cross. It was love.
Max Lucado
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
I ask myself: what does hell mean? I maintain: it is the inability to love.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
A drop of love is worth more than an ocean of reason.
Blaise Pascal
Love keeps no record of wrongs, but bitterness keeps detailed accounts.
Craig Groeschel
The world consists of nothing but opportunities for love.
Søren Kierkegaard