Quotes from Ted Dekker

If you look to anyone to satisfy your longing, you will think you need something more than him and what he has made you to be complete and at peace. The expectation of fulfillment in relationships will always fail you, and you will hold grievances that darken your world. You will become blind to the light that guides to the narrow path. You were taught this on the mountain alone, and yet among others you forget.

Love can only be found in freedom of choice. And for choice to exist, there must be an alternative to choose. Something as compelling as love.

Their lust to win the love of mortals away from God knows no bounds.

And then... And then Thomas Hunter dreamed, and the world would never be the same.

You are not your mind. You are not your body. You are not even your beliefs-these are only of this world, mere flesh and blood and a few electrochemical reactions. You, my friend, are far greater than this. Be still and know, not with your mind, but with that which is beyond your mind. Are these words true to you?

And why does man get angry? Because he feels threatened or wronged. And why does he feel threatened? Because he does not believe he is safe. Why? Because he is afraid of God and so cannot trust him.

We call our religion the Great Romance, but really it feels more like a list of rules than anything similar to the Great Romance we once had. But now I think the knowledge of Elyon is starting to work its way into me again--in both realities...If Elyon's real there, surely God must be real here.

We become so used to the familiar that we begin to doubt the unfamiliar, until our eyes are opened and we see .

The only barrier to apprehending the truth is our own unwillingness to see the world as it is instead of how we prefer it to be.

He plunged beneath the surface and knew that these were Elyon's waters, and his lake had no bottom.

Every breathing soul longs to overcome.

There is my first insight, young woman. Always downplay the value of money; it will make it much easier for him to hand it over.