Quotes by William Paul Young

“Lies are a little fortress; inside them you can feel safe and powerful. Through your little fortress of lies you try to run your life and manipulate others. But the fortress needs walls, so you bui...”

“Emotions are the colors of the soul; they are spectacular and incredible. When you don't feel, the world becomes dull and colorless.”

“Grace doesn't depend on suffering to exist, but where there is suffering you will find grace in many facets and colors.”

“Evil is a word we use to describe the absence of Good, just as we use the word darkness to describe the absence of Light or death to describe the absence of Life. Both evil and darkness can only be...”

“Sin is its own punishment, devouring you from the inside. It's not my purpose to punish it; it's my joy to cure it.”

“Home is not as much about a place you belong, as people you belong to.”

“Transformation without work and pain, without suffering, without a sense of loss is just an illusion of true change.”

“I am afraid of emotions," Mack admitted."Emotions are the colors of the soul; they are spectacular and incredible. When you don't feel, the world becomes dull and colorless.”

“Being always transcends appearance---that which only seems to be. Once you begin to know the being behind the very pretty or very ugly face, as determined by your bias, the surface appearances fade...”

“Nan is the mortar that holds the tiles of their family together.”

“Each relationship between two persons is absolutely unique. That is why you cannot love two people the same. It simply is not possible. You love each person differently because of who they are and ...”

“All I want from you is to trust me with what little you can, and grow in loving people around you with the same love I share with you. It's not your job to change them, or to convince them. You are...”

“So many believe that it is love that grows, but it is the knowing that grows and love simply expands to contain it.”

“Life takes a bit of time and a lot of relationship.”

“I am what some would say 'holy, and wholly other than you.' The problem is that many folks try to grasp some sense of who I am by taking the best version of themselves, projecting that to the nth d...”

“Did I hear God call me an idiot?”

“If you are able to judge God so easily, you certainly can judge the world. You must choose two of your children to spend eternity in God's new heavens and new earth....And you must choose three of ...”

“It (trying to keep the law) grants you the power to judge others and feel superior to them. You believe you are living to a higher standard than those you judge. Enforcing rules, especially in its ...”

“those who are afraid of freedom are those who cannot trust us to live in them. Trying to keep the law is actually a declaration of independence, a way of keeping control”

“Remember, that choosing to stay on the ground is a choice to facilitate a relationship, to honor it. You don't play a game or color a picture with a child to show your superiority. Rather, you choo...”