Stanley Hauerwas Quotes & Sayings (Page 8)

“To kill, in war or in any circumstance, creates a silence. It is right that silence should surround the taking of life. After all, the life taken is not ours to take.”

“We, like the people of Israel, would like to think we get to name God. By naming God, we hope to get the kind of god we need; that is, a god after our own likeness.”

“I am often criticized, or at least questions are raised, about what appears to be the absence of the Holy Spirit in my work.”

“Christian nonviolence must be embodied in a community that is an alternative to the world's violence.”

“War is America's central liturgical act necessary to renew our sense that we are a nation unlike other nations.”

“William James was not a prophet. He was a philosopher whose philosophy reflected his profound humanity.”

“I am a Congregationalist with Catholic sensibilities. Which probably explains how I ended up in a Episcopal church.”

“I am not sure how old I was when I began to worry about being saved, but it was sometime in my early teens.”

“I really have lived in books. Books are friends. They are some of the friends that make you who you are.”

“I'm a happy and productive person. I'm very fortunate; I was born with happy genes. I've got a lot of energy.”