Philip Yancey Quotes

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

I have begun to sympathetically understand Paul, though I don't like him much.

No emergency excuses you from exercising tolerance.

To love is human, it is also human to forgive.

To date, my biggest lesson may be that judgment of others is never a good thing.

It is easier to hate an enemy with much good in him than one who is all bad. We cannot hate those we despise.

Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.

Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.

Respecting differences is very difficult.

One cannot deny the humanity of another without diminishing one's own.

We should strive to understand the weakness of others.

I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, nor to hate them, but to understand them.

I've gotten really good at not judging characters.

I try to see some good in everyone.

We need Grace and forgiveness.

Sooner or later, if man is ever to be worthy of his destiny, we must fill our hearts with tolerance.

We need to learn to accept and certainly mourn any harm that comes to any human being on this earth. But we also need to not be vengeful.

We pardon to the extent that we love.

In order to have understanding, you need forgiveness, compassion, and empathy.

I'm not one who wants to hate on anybody.

People who are open-hearted and open-minded touch me deeply.

I have come to a point where I have accepted that not everyone is meant to be friends.

There's nobody you can't love once you know their story. I believe that to be, in the majority, true.

The natural instinct is to join in the chorus of conflict, to make your voice louder, your point bigger, and your position stronger. But we will not solve the significant and real problems our country faces if we cannot bring ourselves to embrace a mindset of grace.

The only thing I can say is that I like people; I like human beings with their faults and with their strengths.