642 Quotes by Donald Miller

My most recent faith struggle is not one of intellect. I don’t really do that anymore. Sooner or later you just figure out there are some guys who don’t believe in God and they can prove He doesn’t exist, and there are some other guys who do believe in God and they can prove He does exist, and the argument stopped being about God a long time ago and now it’s about who is smarter, and honestly I don’t care.

Meaning is something we experience more than we attain. It’s like finding a nice, easy current in a river that carries you through life.

I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man’s mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God. I was into habit.

I stay away from churches in which I feel like I have to pretend I’m a better person than I am. That sort of thing moves my faith backwards.

God doesn’t give us crying, pooping children because he wants to advance our careers.

Sometimes you have to watch somebody love something before you can love it yourself. It is as if they are showing you the way.

What if some of the most successful people in the world got that way because their success was fueled by a misappropriated need for love? What if the people we consider to be great are actually the most broken? And what if the whole time they’re seeking applause they are missing out on true intimacy because they’ve never learned how to receive it?

If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don’t have conflict, it can’t be a good story.

The economy is turning around, so that’s going to help a little bit.