Peter Shaffer Quotes

I soon discovered that man's importunity is God's opportunity. he uses our problems as building materials for his miracles. I began to understand that this was my first lesson in learning to trust him completely, my first steps on the path to complete dependence on, and obedience to, his guidance.

Religion has been an important part of my understanding, my inquiry into what it means to be human.

Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live?

I'm learning, but I'm getting better at it because I'm learning how to hear God in worship.

A person cannot approach the divine by reaching beyond the human. To become human, is what this individual person, has been created for.

There's something cool, even on a philosophical level, about understanding the bigger picture and exploring faith, if you will, in a very real way. The more you delve into it and give into it, you just have to have faith. The more you invest in faith, wherever it takes you, some of those jagged edges become less sharp.

Start with God - the first step in learning is bowing down to God; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.

If you ain't thinkin' about man and God and law, then you ain't thinkin' about nothin'.

In the early ages, I believe not much thought was given to what man is and what his real functions should be, and what is the real purpose of his life.

Man was not made for the world, but the world for man.

We're all put on this earth to walk in His image, the Master.

Whether man is a product of evolution or is 'created' becomes the question, 'Who is man? Is he part of the world or something different from it?'

As human beings, our lives should be in retrospect with God.

... God uses such seemingly insignificant ways to prepare us for the plan He has for our lives.

A general rule for the good use of time is to accustom oneself to live in a continual dependence on the Spirit of God.

Let us expect that God is going to use us. Let us have courage and go forward, looking to God to do great things.

This planet is a divine school, and daily life a classroom. Our choice of teachers depends on what we need to learn.

Giving in to fear alters God's best plan for your life. So use the power of God's Word to do what He wants you to do...even if you have to do it afraid! The rewards are great.

God has to nearly kill us sometimes, to teach us lessons.

The Holy Spirit makes us aware of our lack of holiness to stimulate us to deeper yearning and striving for holiness. But Satan will attempt to use the Holy Spirit’s work to discourage us.

There may be circumstances in this life that God uses to keep bringing us back to Him, looking for His grace.

The amount of God's love is unlimited, but we only receive as much as we use.

Life is a problem; mortal man was made to solve the solemn problem right or wrong.

Could anything be absurder than a man? The animal who knows everything about himself--except why he was born and the meaning of his unique existence.

He cannot "tempt" to virtue as we do to vice. He wants them to learn to walk and must therefore take away His hand; and if only the will to walk is really there He is pleased even with their stumbles.