Dallas Willard Quotes

Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.

One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.

A disciple is a person who has decided that the most important thing in their life is to learn how to do what Jesus said to do.

At the center of care for the heart is the love of God. This must be the joyful aim of our life.

As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.

What is reality? The answer Jesus gives to this question is: God and his kingdom. That is what you can count on and what you have to come to terms with.

Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.

The people to whom we minister and speak will not recall 99 percent of what we say to them, but they will never forget the kind of persons we are.

God’s aim in human history is the creation of an inclusive community of loving persons, with himself included as its primary sustainer and most glorious inhabitant.

The first act of love is always the giving of attention.