A. N. Wilson Quotes

Ego is a social fiction for which one person at a time gets all the blame.

Humans live through their myths and only endure their realities.

If you can no longer think about the future, and you once dreamed of everlasting love, don't give up the dream, find it again.

The Constitution admittedly has a few defects and blemishes, but it still seems a hell of a lot better than the system we have now.

My goal is to try to get people into a state of generalized agnosticism, not agnosticism about God alone, but agnosticism about everything.

The best preparation for worship is not a rehearsal, but surrender.

We must never allow the majority to overrule the clear teaching of the Word of God.

In many churches Christianity has been watered down until the solution is so weak that if it were poison it would not hurt anyone, and if it were medicine it would not cure anyone!

As long as Christ sits on the throne, every day is a good day and all days are days of salvation.

An honest man with an open Bible and a pad and pencil is sure to find out what is wrong with him very quickly.

Many Christians are satisfied with their destination but they neglect the journey.

When we have the Holy Spirit we have all that is needed to be all that God desires us to be.

Reality is what trips you up when you walk around with your eyes closed.

Education is the process of selling someone on books.

Having a spine is overrated. If everybody squealed and ran away, there'd be no more wars.

It is almost impossible to remember how tragic a place the world is when one is playing golf.

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

I don't write for a particular audience.

Repentance isn't only sorrow for past sins, it's also a determination to now do the will of God as He reveals it to us

The vague and tenuous hope that God is too kind to punish the ungodly has become a deadly opiate for the consciences of millions.

Ants have the most complicated social organization on earth next to humans.

Theology made no provision for evolution.

Christians must understand most emphatically that the world around us is in conflict with the Word within us.

God tells us to make a sanctuary of our thoughts in which He can dwell.

For millions of Christians, nevertheless, God is no more real than He is to the non-Christian. They go through life trying to love an ideal and be loyal to a mere principle.

If it's true that we are here to help others, then what exactly are the others here for?

All things as they move toward God are beautiful, and they are ugly as they move away from Him.

Being single is like liking a Phil Spector record.

God rescues us by breaking us, by shattering our strength and wiping out our resistance.

Life don't owe you nothing.

The old cross slew men; the new cross entertains them. The old cross condemned; the new cross amuses. The old cross destroyed confidence in the flesh; the new cross encourages it.

To fear and not be afraid- that is the paradox of faith.

God dwells in eternity but time dwells in God. He has already lived all our tomorrows as He has lived all our yesterdays.

If I could only remember that the days were not bricks to be laid row on row, to be built into a solid house, where one might dwell in safety and peace, but only food for the fires of the heart.

For me, I'm able to use my gift to glorify God. That's what it's about for me.

Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.

Most human beings are quite likable if you don't see too much of them.

It's funny how it usually works out that I end up dying. It sort of works out, because by the time I die, I'm usually tired of working on that particular movie, so I look forward to it.

If no God, mankind is a set of bi-pedal carbon units of mostly water. And nothing else

How much the making of a garden, no matter how small, adds to the joy of living, only those who practice the arts and the science can know.

Nobody wants to conduct an autopsy on a dead saint.

The great mistake about Europe is taking the countries seriously and letting them quarrel and drop bombs on one another.

Every work of art is a trick by which the artist manipulates appearances.

I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous.

The work on ants has profoundly affected the way I think about humans.

There's a seeker born every minute.

Hippies generally aren't busy with anything except feeling sorry for themselves.

If you don't laugh at all, you've missed the point. If you only laugh, you've missed your chance from illumination.

No man gives anything acceptable to God until has has first given himself in love and sacrifice.

Certain foods no longer agree with me. If I eat French fries, I might feel sick to my stomach.