21 Quotes by Eberhard Arnold

Even the sun directs our gaze away from itself and to the life illumined by it.

We kill at every step, not only in wars, riots ad executions. We kill every time we close our eyes to poverty, suffering and shame.

Only those who look with the eyes of children can lose themselves in the object of their wonder.

There will be no need for do’s and don’ts, no need for tablesof commandments or tablets of law. In this kingdom everythingwill be regulated by inner rebirth and inward inspiration,under the rule of Christ’s spirit.

Nowhere among the early Christians do we find the coldlight of intellectual understanding that constantly analyzes anddifferentiates. Instead, there was the Spirit that burned withintheir hearts and made their souls alive. (Col. 2:8–10)

Every child is a thought in the mind of God, and our task is to recognize this thought and help it toward completion.

Life in community is no less than a necessity for us, an inescapable ‘must’all life created by God exists in communal order and works toward community.

The natural world around us shows the way to relief. All of life is maintained by the sun, by the air, by water, by the earth and its resources. And to whom was the sun given? To everyone. If there is any one thing that people do have in common, it is the gift of sunlight. But as the early Christians said, "If the sun were not hung so high, someone would have claimed it long ago."

Our gifts seem so small in comparison to God’s. But our efforts count, even though like Simeon we only stretch out our arms in the patience of faith so that we may receive the Holy Gift. Even though we only wait, poor and yearning in the darkness, in fervent longing for the proclamation, we are ready, and may help bring about the fullness of time.