50 quotes
English painter and printmaker (1903-1992)
“A godly life is lived out of an astonished heart—a heart that is astonished at grace.”
"America is the first culture in jeopardy of amusing itself to death."
on Culture
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him"
on Faith
"It is better to lose your life than to waste it."
on Life
"God is willing and able to turn his judgements into joys . . . Don't ever think that the sin of your past means there is no hope for your future."
"Brand-new truths are probably not Truths."
on Truth
"God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him."
"The aim of the gospel is the creation of people who are passionate for doing good rather than settling for the passionless avoidance of evil."
"When this world totally fails, the ground for joy remains."
on Joy
"Your mind was made to know and love God."
"The end of the creation is that God may communicate happiness to the creature"
"Faith is born and sustained by the Word of God, and out of faith grows the flower of joy."
"The only freedom that lasts comes from pursuing what we want when we want what we ought."
on Freedom
"Grace is not simply leniency when we have sinned. Grace is the enabling gift of God not to sin. Grace is power, not just pardon."
"God has made us to be conduits of his grace. The danger is in thinking the conduit should be lined with gold. It shouldn't. Copper will do."
"I count myself as one of the number of those who learn as they write and write as they learn."
on Writing
"Pride is no respecter of persons. The serious thinkers may be humble, and the careless mystics may be arrogant."
on Philosophy
"Did you wake up feeling fragile? Read the bible till you find a promise strong enough to carry you through the day."
"Christmas cut history in two ages, the Age of Promise, and the Age of Fulfillment."
on History
"I know of no other way to triumph over sin long-term than to gain a distaste for it because of a superior satisfaction in God."
"Let the freedom to fail give you the hope to fight."
on Hope
