503 Quotes by Philip Yancey

Self-sufficiency which first reared its head in the Garden of Eden, is the most fatal sin because it pulls us as if by a magnet that their lack of self-sufficiency is obvious to them every day. They must turn somewhere for strength, and sometimes they go through life relying on their natural gifts. But there’s a chance, just a chance, that people who lack such natural advantages may cry out to God in their time of need.

The only hope for the future lay in an all-embracing attitude of forgiveness of the peoples who had been our enemies.

In no other arena is the church at greater risk of losing its calling than in the public square.

When a doctoral student at Princeton asked, “What is there left in the world for original dissertation research?” Albert Einstein replied, “Find out about prayer. Somebody must find out about prayer.

But the Lord say he won’t put more on us than we can stand. If we can’t take it, he’ll be right there beside us giving stren’th we didn’t know we had.

We human beings instinctively regard the seen world as the “real” world and the unseen world as the “unreal” world, but the Bible calls for almost the opposite.

The only effective antidote to the wickedness around us is to live differently from this moment forward.

Prayer is the act of seeing reality from God’s point of view.

Politics draws lines between people; in contrast, Jesus’ love cuts across those lines and dispenses grace.