Philip Yancey Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“One of the greatest things about writing as a profession is that the words of Tolstoy, Chesterton and Dostoyevsky have lived for a hundred years and are just as powerful today. Their words have changed me just as much as the people I actually met.”

“God endorses the confusion and even outrage that we feel when mysterious things happen.”

“In some ways, evil is backhanded proof of Gods existence.”

“Muslims have great reverence in their prayers but not much intimacy.”

“Much of the misgiving that Muslims feel for the West stems from our strong emphasis on freedom, always a risky enterprise. I've heard some say they would rather rear their children in a closely guarded Islamic society than in the United States, where freedom so often leads to decadence.”

“I wrote a book on grace, and grace is a free gift, but to receive the gift you have to have your hands open. And a lot of people don't have their hands open, there's something they're grasping because there's a lot of things to grasp in a prosperous country.”

“When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!”

“As a nonparent, I stand in awe of parents.”