17 Quotes by Dorothee Sölle

We are afraid of religion because it interprets rather than observance. Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it interprets the hungry to be our brethren whom we allowed to starve.

If my hands are fully occupied in holding on to something, I can neither give nor receive.

God has no other hands than ours.

A language that takes our emotions seriously and gives them real weight in our lives encourages us to think and be and act differently.

God has no other hands than ours. If the sick are to be healed, it is our hands that will heal them. If the lonely and the frightened are to be comforted, it is our embrace, not God’s, that will comfort them.

Death is what takes place within us when we look upon others not as gift, blessing, or stimulus but as threat, danger, competition.

Bible texts are best read with a pair of glasses made out of today’s newspaper.

Religion does not confirm that there are hungry people in the world; it interprets the hungry to be our brethren whom we allow to starve.

Our whole life consists of despairing of an answer and seeking an answer.