Philip Yancey: Power

Philip Yancey is American writer. Explore interesting quotes on power.

Philip Yancey: 46 quotes3 likes

“Yet as I read the birth stories about Jesus I cannot help but conclude that though the world may be tilted toward the rich and powerful, God is tilted toward the underdog.”

“Power, no matter how well-intentioned, tends to cause suffering. Love, being vulnerable, absorbs it. In a point of convergence on a hill called Calvary, God renounced the one for the sake of the other.”

Philip Yancey book The Jesus I Never Knew

Source: The Jesus I Never Knew

“Grace is the most perplexing, powerful force in the universe, and, I believe, the only hope for our twisted, violent planet.”

“Power can do everything but the most important thing: it cannot control love.”

Source: Disappointment with God: Three Questions No One Asks Aloud