Ravi Zacharias citations

“I remember the time an older man asked me when I was young, "Do you know what you are doing now?" I thought it was some kind of trick question.
Tell me," I said.
You are building your memories," he replied, "so make them good ones.”

“The four absolutes we all have in our minds: love, justice, evil, and forgiveness.”

“What I believe in my heart must make sense in my mind.”

“To sustain the belief that there is no God, atheism has to demonstrate infinite knowledge, which is tantamount to saying, “I have infinite knowledge that there is no being in existence with infinite knowledge”

“Time is the brush of God, as he paints his masterpiece on the heart of humanity.”

“My longings, my hopes, my dreams, and my every effort has been to live for Him who rescued me, to study for Him who gave me this mind, to serve Him who fashioned my will, and to speak for Him who gave me a voice.”

“Yes, if truth is not undergirded by love, it makes the possessor of that truth obnoxious and the truth repulsive.”

“Unless I understand the Cross, I cannot understand why my commitment to what is right must be precedence over what I prefer.”

“It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our loves, and our passions in the marketplace of life's heartfelt transactions.”

“Worship is a posture of life that takes as its primary purpose the understanding of what it really means to love and revere God.”

“Teaching at best beckons us to morality, but it is not in itself efficacious. Teaching is like a mirror. It can show you if your face is dirty, but it the mirror will not wash your face.”

“There is no greater discovery than seeing God as the author of your destiny.”

“I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come from being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure. And that is why we find ourselves emptied of meaning with our pantries still full.”

“What you applaud you encourage, but beware what you celebrate…”

“Truth by definition excludes.”

“With no fact as a referent, what is normative is purely a matter of preference.”

“Changes in language often reflect the changing values of a culture.”

“You'll never get to a person's soul until you understand their hurts.”

“But life's joys are only joys if they can be shared.”

“The world is larger and more beautiful than my little struggle.”

“Goodness can endure a few moments; holiness is life-defining.”

“Every worldview has to bring together reason and faith.”

“Truth has been relegated to subjectivity; beauty has been subjugated to the beholder; and as millions are idiotized night after night, a global commune has been constructed with the arts enjoying a totalitarian rule.”

“For many in our high-paced world, despair is not a moment; it is a way of life.”

“I am absolutely convinced that meaninglessness does not come form being weary of pain; meaninglessness comes from being weary of pleasure.”

“If God is the author of life, there must be a script.”

“Love is a command, not just a feeling. Somehow, in the romantic world of music and theater we have made love to be what it is not. We have so mixed it with beauty and charm and sensuality and contact that we have robbed it of its higher call of cherishing and nurturing.”

“The loneliest moment in life is when you have just experienced the ultimate, and it has let you down.”

“Then he said something that was absolutely defining for him: "Write this down and never forget it: Love is as much a question of the will as it is of the emotion. And if you will to love somebody, you can."”