309 Quotes by John Eldredge

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished – a life without heart is not worth living.

Who am I really? The answer to that question is found in the answer to another. What is God’s heart toward me, or, how do I affect him? If God is the Pursuer, the Ageless Romancer, the Lover, then there has to be a Beloved, one who is the Pursued. This is our role in the story.

We know if we could truly love, and be loved, and never lose love, we would finally be happy.

Caring for our own hearts isn’t selfishness; it’s how we begin to love.

Most people don’t even try to learn the ways of the kingdom; they just go about their days with a practical agnosticism, hoping things work out, tossing up prayers like they hope to score on a Jesus lottery ticket.

There is something about human nature that just doesn’t want to face the reality that we live in two worlds. We live in the physical, material world where we have jobs, read books, and go about our business. And we live in a spiritual world – and that is a world at war.

We would like to picture goodness as being synonymous with safety.

Teach a man a rule and you help him solve a problem; teach a man to walk with God and you help him solve the rest of his life.

There are no formulas with God. Period. So there are no formulas for the man who follows him. God is a Person, not a doctrine. He operates not like a system – not even a theological system – but with all the originality of a truly free and alive person.