Oswald Chambers Quotes

I want people to find their inner depth.

Self knowledge puts us on our knees, and it is very necessary for love. For knowledge of God gives love, and knowledge of self gives humility

Without knowledge of self there is no knowledge of God Our wisdom, in so far as it ought to be deemed true and solid Wisdom, consists almost entirely of two parts: the knowledge of God and of ourselves. But as these are connected together by many ties, it is not easy to determine which of the two precedes and gives birth to the other.

'What am I missing?' is a much more important question than 'How cool am I?'

It's a little silly to finally learn how to write at this age. But I long ago realized I was secretly sincere.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

It's not an epitaph. I felt I could look back at my life and get a good story out of it. It's a picture of somebody trying to figure things out. I'm not trying to create some impression about myself. That doesn't interest me.

This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.

Transcendence constitutes selfhood.

We do not yet possess ourselves, and we know at the same time that we are much more.

People just overshoot trying to find God. They're going outside and trying everything. They don't realize that it's right inside themselves.

You take your problems to a god, but what you really need is for the god to take you to the inside of you.

I do not know myself, and God forbid that I should.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

There is a cleansing humility about doubt.

It's like when I look into the depths of things, dealing with my spirituality and the most high, it's serious. It's nothing to play with, nahmean. I try my best to be as humble as I can be.

I try to spend as little time thinking about myself as possible. I find that's not a constructive way to live.

Unfortunately for me, I was one of these people who took a long time to learn that the material at his feet was fine.

The No. 1 thing you should know about me: I've always tried to put God first in my life, and I'm the first to admit I often have failed because I'm too proud and too stubborn.

The better you understand yourself the less cause you will find to love yourself.

If you desire to know or learn anything to your advantage, then take delight in being unknown and unregarded. A true understanding and humble estimate of oneself is the highest and most valuable of all lessons.

The spiritual quest is a journey without distance. You travel from where you are right now To where you have always been. From ignorance to recognition.

To know the whole world is nothing when it is compared to knowing your own inner mystery of life.

The well of your incompleteness runs deep, but make the effort to look away from yourself and to look toward Him.