503 Quotes by Philip Yancey

He learned, like every good novelist, that human behaviour can neither be explained nor predicted, only rendered.

Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no opportunity for faith either.

True faith does not so much attempt to manipulate God to do our will as it does to position us to do his will.

Jesus' response to suffering people and to "nobodies" provides a glimpse into the heart of God. God is not the unmoved Absolute, but rather the Loving One who draws near.

...to see that God does answer, in great things as well as small, the prayers of those who put their trust in Him will strengthen the faith of multitudes.

John Wesley taught that the gospel of Christ involved more than saving souls. It should have an impact on all of society, and his followers worked to accomplish just that. They were dispensing grace to the broader world, and in the process their spirit helped change a nation, saving it from the revolutionary chaos that had spread across Europe.

People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to the only One you can trust with that freedom eventually get it back.

Pain narrows vision. The most private of sensations, it forces us to think of ourselves and little else.

The world says you gain your life by getting more and more and more and more, but Jesus says, 'No, that leads to death. You get it back by giving it away and when you give it away you get it back.'