Douglas Wilson Quotes

A great reformation and revival-it will happen the same way the early Christians conquered Rome. Their program of conquest consisted largely of two elements: gospel preaching and being eaten by lions, a strategy that has not yet captured the imagination of the the contemporary church.

Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.

To say that someone is a conservative does not tell us what he is interested in conserving.

God gave us minds to think with and hearts to thank with. Instead we use our hearts to think about the world as we would like it to have been, and we use our minds to come up with rationalizations for our ingratitude. We are a murmuring, discontented, unhappy, ungrateful people. And because we think we want salvation from our discontents.

Honor must start in the heart, but if it ends there, it isn’t honor. Honor must be expressed through words, symbols, actions, or gestures. Honor is among the most incarnational of the virtues. It must have feet and hands.

I believe firmly in plodding. Productivity is more a matter of diligent, long-distance hiking than it is one-hundred-yard dashing. Doing a little bit now is far better than hoping to do a lot on the morrow. So redeem the fifteen minute spaces. Chip away at it.

Pace yourself in your reading. A little bit every day really adds up. If you read during sporadic reading jags, the fits and starts will not get you anywhere close to the amount of reading you will need to do. It is far better to walk a mile a day than to run five miles every other month. Make time for reading, and make a daily habit of it, even if it is a relatively small daily habit.

Beware of anyone who claims to be neutral, for they always have an agenda.

I write in order to make the little voices in my head go away. Thus far it hasn't worked.

But for you to make this move would reveal the two fundamental tenets of true atheism. One: There is no God. Two: I hate Him.

Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form.

If no God, mankind is a set of bi-pedal carbon units of mostly water. And nothing else

Education is the process of selling someone on books.

Yeah, I spent about 20 years in a dorm room. It took me a while to graduate.

If it does not come at the last to gladness, then to hell with it.

Use plants to bring life

It's a character I've created. Actually, that's pretty much the opposite of me, off a farm in the Midwest.

Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility.

I'm having the time of my life and I'm glad people are enjoy it.

The medievalist has the capacity, and the desire, to harmonize. He believes the planets sing in harmony; why cannot technology also sing?

Ripping up carpet is easy, tiling is the issue.

Confession of sins is not meritorious: to confess sins as a way of placing God in your debt is not dealing with sin; it is committing another sin. The context of all confession must be the free grace of justification.

Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of person.

I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver.

I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.

Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.

Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.

I am the young, edgy New Yorker.

As you read, allow your reading to cluster around your interests.

I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.

I enjoy talking to fans.

If boys don't learn, men won't know.

You don't have the right to be left alone with that abortion decision. The child is present...you are not alone.

I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.

For the people of God, the Word of God leaves pleasant bruises.

Wealth is a gift from God, and pride is bequeathed to us from the devil.

Your deep interests should always have a dog-eared place on your nightstand.

Liars are experts in chopping logic and missing the truth slightly - 'Did God say not to eat from any tree?' In order to pin a liar down, words must be defined in the most careful manner available.

Fatherlessness is a rot that is eating away at the modern soul.

How is it possible to live like a machine and bear fruit like a tree?

There is no such thing as a guilty pleasure.

Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?

We cannot pursue a classical and Christian education as a fad. We are not purchasing intellectual hula hoops for the kids.

In Acts 14:1, we are told, "At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed." This is what should be sought in Christian schools, not just teaching, but effective teaching. Christian content alone is insufficient. It must be presented in a certain way, and that way cannot be reduced to technique. Nevertheless, God has graciously made it possible to bring people the truth by how the truth is presented.

I want to get the point across that you may not have money to give to a charity, whether that is Ronald McDonald House or Broadway Cares or DIFFA, but you can help RAISE money or give your time and talents.

The TSA must think we're mushrooms. You know, the way they are trying to keep us in the dark, and the way they keep feeding us a fertilizing agent that comes from the south end of a north-bound cow.

I know people dont think I work.

We're able to influence younger generations on design and art. They might not have realized they were an artist.

How would you describe the spiritual aroma of your home? The source of this aroma is the relationship between husband and wife. Many can fake an attempt at keeping God’s standards in some external way. What we cannot fake is the resulting, distinctive aroma of pleasure to God. Most marriage books address the mere externals of marriage, without seeking to understand the heart issues. Godly marriages proceed from an obedient heart, and the greatest desire of an obedient heart is the glory of God, not the happiness of the household.

A man penetrates, conquers, colonizes, plants. A woman receives, surrenders, accepts.