The world looks for happiness through self-assertion. The Christian knows that joy is found in self-abandonment. 'If a man will let himself be lost for My sake,' Jesus said, 'he will find his true self.
Elisabeth ElliotIs it more important to understand than to obey? Is it more important to me to know than to believe?
Elisabeth ElliotThe failure to cultivate the power of peaceful concentration is the greatest single cause of mental breakdown," the great physician William Osler told the students of Yale . . .
Elisabeth ElliotIt is through the tender austerity of our troubles that the Son of Man comes knocking. In every event He seeks an entrance to my heart, yes, even in my most helpless, futile, fruitless moments. The very cracks and empty crannies of my life, my perplexities and hurts and botched-up jobs, He wants to fill with Himself, His joy, His life...He urges me to learn of Him: 'I am gentle and humble in heart.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: pain grief troubles keep-a-quiet-heart
The secret is Christ in me, not me in a different set of circumstances.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: circumstance
Is the distinction between living for Christ and dying for Him so great? Is not the second the logical conclusion of the first?
Elisabeth ElliotTags: martyrdom gratification
It takes a while for revelry to turn to reverence, and much repetition of truth to eventual turn young zeal into habitual channels for good.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: maturity training discipleship
Cold prayers, like cold suitors, are seldom effective in their aims.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: prayer
His enthusiasm and willingness to use what he learned made him get ahead in Spanish.
Elisabeth ElliotTags: education humility enthusiasm
A man's thoughts dye his soul, attributed to Marcus Aurelius
Elisabeth ElliotTags: thought-patterns
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