Quotes from Ravi Zacharias

monotony finds no relief in adding variety or changing our attitude about it. Activity does not create meaning; it is the other way around.

God alone knows how to humble us without humiliating us and how to exalt us without flattering us. And how he effects this is the grand truth of the Christian message.

Prayer teaches us faith—and prayer is hard work. It is not a guarantor of getting what we want or a substitute for action. Rather, it undergirds our action with the strength that makes the difference.

In the real-life struggles between right and wrong, justice and injustice, life and death, we all realize that truth does matter. Jesus Christ repeatedly talked about the supreme value of truth. While

Faith is that sublime dependence upon God that even though we may not get what we want, we know and love the One who denies us for His good reason and for our ultimate good.

I often put it this way: God has put enough into this world to make faith in Him a most reasonable thing. But He has left enough out to make it impossible to live by sheer reason alone. Faith and reason must always work together in that plausible blend.

The gift of faith is precisely what makes it possible for us to accept that God works in His own way (which is not always our way), in His own time, and for His purpose.

Note that in normal cases of procreation, parents risk bringing a child into a lot of suffering; even the most fortunate of human lives is accompanied by seasons of serious suffering. Even more than that, parents procreate knowing full well that one day the child will suffer death.

they're here for a moment and then gone. At best they have liftoff power, or, to use a different analogy, they are like periodic flashes of lightning on a dark road, with no guiding power.

This is why Jesus challenged the notion that more evidence would have generated more faith. George Macdonald said years ago that to give truth to him who does not love the truth is to only give more reasons for misinterpretation.

True faith depends not only on God's power but also on His wisdom.

Violation of the sacred in the pursuit of happiness is not truly a source of happiness. In fact, it kills happiness because it can run roughshod over many a victim.

Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fast bound in sin and nature's night. Thine eye diffused a quickening ray; I woke — the dungeon flamed with light! My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed thee.

Dios no muestra su obra en términos abstractos, prefiere lo concreto, y esto significa que, al final de tu vida, a tu corazón le sucederá una de tres cosas: se volverá duro, roto, o tierno.

But disappointment in pleasure is a completely different thing. While pain can often be seen as a means to a greater end, pleasure is seen as an end in itself. And when pleasure has run its course, a sense of despondency can creep into one's soul that may often lead to self-destruction. Pain can often be temporary, but disappointment in pleasure gives rise to emptiness—not just for a moment, but for life.

Me he desprendido de los toscos lazos de la tierra, he revoloteado por el cielo sobre alas con brillo de júbilo … He extendido mi mano y tocado el rostro de Dios.2

pleasure brings no lasting fulfillment.

Cuando uno de estos patrones se fragmenta, decimos que la persona está «perdiendo la cabeza».

He came softly, unobserved, and yet, strange to say, everyone recognized Him. . . . The people are irresistibly drawn to Him, they surround Him, they flock about Him, follow Him. The sun of love burns in His heart, light and power shine from His eyes, and their radiance, shed on people, stirs their hearts with responsive love.

Pleasure that profanes is pleasure that destroys.

fe pertenece al ámbito de la mente. Si no crees que Dios tiene el dominio y que te formó para un propósito, naufragarás en el turbulento mar de la falta de propósito, te ahogarás en las corrientes y flotarás a la deriva en medio de la nada.

El amor de Dios nos muestra que solo él puede ser el puente que una esa separación entre él y nosotros para que podamos ver este mundo a través del Calvario. Si no lo entiendes de esta manera, nunca lo harás, y todos los hilos de la obra maestra que él está tejiendo en tu vida se deshilacharán del diseño.

The heavens may speak of the glory of God, but only the lips of a child or a man or woman can speak His praise. When that praise is not coming, the destructive capacity is enormous, because the mind steals that which belongs to God and the sacred becomes profane.

Christ in you," said the apostle Paul, is "the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27).