Quotes from Philip Yancey
And God's infinite greatness, which we would expect to diminish us, actually makes possible the very closeness that we desire.
- Philip Yancey
Paul Tillich once defined forgiveness as remembering the past in order that it might be forgotten
- Philip Yancey
circumstances, whether fortunate or unfortunate, are morally neutral. They simply are what they are; what matters is how we respond to them. Good and evil, in the moral sense, do not reside in things, but always in persons.
- Philip Yancey
In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive, we must first lose hope in everything that deceives. —Georges Bernanos (in Reason for Being by Jacques Ellul)
- Philip Yancey
The sufferings of Jesus show us that pain comes to us not as punishment but rather as a testing ground for faith that transcends pain. In truth, pain redeemed impresses me more than pain removed.
- Philip Yancey
we should live in such a way that our lives wouldn't make much sense if the gospel were not true.
- Philip Yancey
As Paul Tournier said, "Where there is no longer any opportunity for doubt, there is no longer any opportunity for faith either.
- Philip Yancey
A God unbound by our rules of time has the ability to invest in every person on earth. God has, quite literally, all the time in the world for each one of us.
- Philip Yancey
It makes all the difference in the world whether I view my neighbor as a potential convert or as someone whom God already loves.
- Philip Yancey
The past must be remembered before it can be overcome.
- Philip Yancey
What counts is the way a person reacts in the face of suffering.
- Philip Yancey
simple availability is the most powerful force we can contribute to help calm the fears of others. Instinctively, I shrink back from people who are in pain.
- Philip Yancey