Quotes about Introspection
Along with Chesterton, I've had to take my place among those who acknowledge that we are what is wrong with the world. What is my snobbishness toward my childhood church, for instance, but an inverted form of the harsh judgment it showed me?
— Philip Yancey
In other words, the proof of spiritual maturity is not how 'pure' you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
— Philip Yancey
The worst moment for the atheist is
— Philip Yancey
The Bible schools us to pray with blistering honesty.
— Philip Yancey
Be careful," warned Nietzsche, "lest in fighting the dragon you become the dragon." I
— Philip Yancey
As a Christian, my main concern is not to downgrade others' beliefs but to examine my own.
— Philip Yancey
So I'm trying, instead of shaming or pretending, to come to terms with my emotions, and bring them before God honestly. I have come to realize that I'm never going to stop having emotions, and probably strong emotions, because that is the way I'm wired.
— Philip Yancey
On the other hand, if the subject had nothing to do but think about his pain (as is true in many hospitals and nursing homes), he showed much greater sensitivity.
— Philip Yancey
God already knows who we are; we are the ones who must find a way to come to terms with our true selves.
— Philip Yancey
Truly it is an evil to be full of faults," said Pascal, "but it is a still greater evil to be full of them, and to be unwilling to recognize them.
— Philip Yancey
In The Gutenberg Elegies, Sven Birkerts laments the loss of "deep reading," which requires intense concentration, a conscious lowering of the gates of perception, and a slower pace.
— Philip Yancey
Repentance (Greek, metanoia) means change of mind. So as we get to know God, we get to know ourselves.
— RT Kendall