Donald Miller Quotes
the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.
I had always suspected language was quite limited in its ability to communicate the intricate mysteries of truth.
In exchange for our humility and willingness to accept the charity of God, we are given a kingdom. And a beggar's kingdom is better than a proud man's delusion.
The people I used to be surrounded by are getting along without me. Somehow, that really bugs me.
Instead of asking what it feels like to follow God or be used by God, we should be asking who God is, and whether we really know Him. Everything else will take care of itself.
It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.
What do markets do? They consolidate, they breakout, they extend, they overextend, they back and fill, they consolidate, and repeat the process. That's all you need to know about the markets.
True intimacy, the exchange of affection between two people who are not lying, is transforming.
Great writers know what to cut out. It's the same in life. Clear ambitions. Clear relationships. This is the stuff of good story.
If you have a beautiful story, it has to have conflict. If you don't have conflict, it can't be a good story.
It confuses me that Christian living is not simpler. The gospel, the very good news, is simple.
One of the things I associate with God is a sunrise. How many sunrises have you missed over the years, and God created that?
Christians might say that you can't live a more meaningful life without Jesus. Well, that's absolutely not true. You can. You can enjoy a sunrise whether you know Jesus or not.
People are lonely. They want company and your book can provide them company and a little bit of hope. And there's nothing wrong with that.
There are things you cannot understand, and you must learn to live with this. Not only must you learn to live with this, you must learn to enjoy this.
If you aren't telling a good story, nobody thinks you died too soon; they just think you died.
It's something you can actually control. With writing, it feels like it's given to you, and when the good stuff hits, it feels like it's coming from some other planet.And you're just channeling it.
I don't read a lot of inspirational books for life. But for writing, I think the two best books are The War of Art and William Zinsser's On Writing Well. I read a lot of classics.
It blew my mind that what I was thinking was actually applicable to people's lives, and it certainly revolutionized family.
If you buy the website, maybe you'll do something with it. But so far I haven't; we'll see.
It's possible to do both as a writer - to engage and have a family and all that good stuff - and I chose not to for the sake of the career.
I think writers can get a little melodramatic sometimes about their work, and it helps me not to do that, to just say, "Well, this is how I make a living, and I need to become a very good craftsman."
There's a lot of letters, and a lot of people come say "hi" at book signings, but I'm amazed at how normal everybody is.
...burying themselves in his arm was more about feeling his love in the confusion, in the difficulty, than it was about having moved past it.
To know there is a better story for your life and to choose something other is like choosing to die.
Reality is like a fine wine, ” he said to me. “It will not appeal to children.
I liked this God very much because you hardly had to talk to it and it never talked back. Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality
The separation of truth from reason is a dangerous game. I think ideas have to sink very deeply into a person's soul, into their being, before they can effect change.
He captures memories because if he forgets them, it's as though they didn't happen.
Anybody who wants to get their way says that Jesus supports their view. But that isn't Jesus' fault.
In church, the rules of the lifeboat don't apply. Church is the refuge where the Kingdom of God is emulated, not mocked.
When you build a city near no mountains and no ocean, you get materialism and traditional religion. People have too much time and lack inspiration.
God allows us to face the tension whether we like it or not.
Perhaps one of the reasons I've avoided standing on the point toward the horizon is the second you stand up and point toward a horizon, you realize how much there is to lose.
Life isn't memorable enough to remember everything. It's not like there are explosions all the time, or dog smoking cigarettes.
When you live countless stories in which you play a sedentary role, it's an odd feeling to switch stories.
What good does it do to tell somebody to live morally so they can die 50 years later and apparently go to Hell?