A. N. Wilson Quotes

By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in science was justified.

I've spent several years in Hollywood, and I still think the movie heroes are in the audience.

The idea that this world is a playground instead of a battleground has now been accepted in practice by the vast majority of Christians.

His words are the essence of truth...Jesus never uttered opinions. He never guessed; He knew, and He knows.

Unbelief is actually perverted faith, for it puts its faith not in the living God, but in dying men.

It is no sin to doubt some things, but it may be fatal to believe everything.

We are all giants, raised by pygmies, who have learned to walk with a perpetual mental crouch.

Groups are grammatical fictions; only individuals exist, and each individual is different.

Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night.

The purpose of God isn't to save us from Hell. The purpose of God is to make us like Christ.

I think about God, yes, and I wonder if there is a God. And if there is a God, will God please help me through my hard trips.

Sexual activity is driven by the same aims and motives as reading poetry or listening to music: to escape the limitations imposed by the need for particularity in the consciousness.

Real faith never disappoints because it is in God, grounded on His character, promises, covenant and oath.

I can usually judge a fellow by what he laughs at.

Most of our ancestors were not perfect ladies and gentlemen. The majority of them weren't even mammals.

Pregnancy is a kind of miracle. Especially so in that it proves that a man and woman can conspire to force God to create a new soul.

I consider myself to be a crusader of love. I try to spread love around the world as best I can because I know I have a handle on love.

May God deliver us from the easygoing, smooth, comfortable Christianity that never lets the truth get hold of us.

You can only be loved to the extent that you are known.

We must never rest until everything inside us worships God.

My greatest influence has been the blues. And that's a literary influence, because I think the blues is the best literature that we as black Americans have.

If I am to wholly follow the Lord Jesus Christ, I must forsake everything that is contrary to Him.

Work is the master key that opens the door to all opportunities.

Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

When we become too glib in prayer we are most surely talking to ourselves.

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.

One hundred religious persons knit into a unity by careful organizations do not constitute a church any more than eleven dead men make a football team. The first requisite is life, always.

Judas Iscariot was not a greatly wicked person, just a common money-lover, and like most money-lovers, he did not understand Christ.

The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions.

Soul ain't nothing but a feeling.

We operate by faith, which means that we have confidence in what God says, whether we fully understand it or not

I write in order to make the little voices in my head go away. Thus far it hasn't worked.

If Jesus Christ isn't the central figure in our lives and in our churches, we're only fooling ourselves.

We say seeing is believing, but actually, we are much better at believing than at seeing. In fact, we are seeing what we believe all the time and occasionally seeing what we can't believe

I've known countless people who were reservoirs of learning, yet never had a thought.

We are called to love even in the loneliness, worship even in the tears and follow even in the darkness.

Humanity is exalted not because we are so far above other living creatures, but because knowing them well elevates the very concept of life.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

True worship, worship that is pleasing to God, radiates throughout a person's entire life.

Beneath all the wealth of detail in a geological map lies an elegant, orderly simplicity.

A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.

If you do all the talking when you pray, how will you ever hear God's answers?

In Him (God), history and prophecy are one and the same.

We can't run out of resources. Resources exist when the human mind sees how to use something.

Hysteria is a chaotic and irrational emotional state caused by seeing how the world really operates.

You are a mirror of the Almighty...this is the reason you were created...your purpose.

I respectfully ask that the media allow me to receive care and heal in private during this difficult time.

Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting.

You can't truly rest until every area in your life rests in God.