Quotes about Reflection
So the idea conveyed is an absolutely fatal one - that to follow him simply means to try to behave as he did when he was on the spot, under pressure or persecution or in the spotlight. There is no realization that what he did in such cases was, in large and essential measure, the natural outflow of the life he lived when not on the spot.
— Dallas Willard
Genius, it is said, is the ability to scrutinize the obvious.
— Dallas Willard
Set aside days to spend alone with God to seek his face and to imagine that face shining with joy as it looks at you. As the ancient Jewish benediction puts it: The LORD bless you and keep you; The LORD make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The LORD lift up His countenance upon you [look right at you] And give you peace. (NUM. 6:24—26)
— Dallas Willard
He ruined soul must be willing to recognize its own ruin before it can discover how to enter a different path.
— Dallas Willard
What God gets out of our lives—and, indeed, what we get out of our lives—is simply the person we become.
— Dallas Willard
Prayer is, above all, a means of forming character. It combines freedom and power with service and love.
— Dallas Willard
Content with beholding His face, My all to His pleasure resigned; No changes of season or place Would make any change in my mind; While blessed with a sense of his love, A palace a toy would appear; And prisons would palaces prove, If Jesus would dwell with me there.
— Dallas Willard
We live from our depths—most of which we do not understand.
— Dallas Willard
Practice in not speaking can at least give us enough control over what we say that our tongues do not "go off" automatically. This discipline provides us with a certain inner distance that gives us time to consider our words fully and the presence of mind to control what we say and when we say it.
— Dallas Willard
Develop the habit of seeing the world through God's eyes.
— Dallas Willard
We are not only asking to be forgiven, we are asking for guidance and wisdom and strength to respond differently tomorrow.
— Dallas Willard
Such planning should include identifying the things in your life that you believe trouble Jesus—impatience, overeating, lying, or whatever it may be for you.
— Dallas Willard