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> [Sometimes standing against evil is more important than defeating it. The greatest heroes stand because it is right to do so, not because they believe they will walk away with their lives. Such selfless courage is a victory in itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/sometimes-standing-against-evil-is-more-important-than-defeating-it-3/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

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## More by N.D. Wilson

> [“But if that was going to happen, it was going to happen whether or not he worried about it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/but-if-that-was-going-to-happen-it-was-going-to-happen-whether-or-not/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [“We haven't stopped running, but we are getting slower. We have little people running with us now. We have passed others. Our own people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/we-haven-t-stopped-running-but-we-are-getting-slower-we-have-little/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [After a few mouthfuls of moon-flavored air, even the stubbornly drowsy can find themselves wide-eyed.. All the normal noises of life were gone, leaving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/after-a-few-mouthfuls-of-moon-flavored-air-even-the-stubbornly-drowsy/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [Going where no man has gone before is more difficult than it sounds. Our cousins and ancestors were no less curious than we are,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/going-where-no-man-has-gone-before-is-more-difficult-than-it-sounds/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [Plato, the first true pope of philosophy (sorry, Socrates), argued for a World of Forms above the reality-a transcendent plane of perfect essences, pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/plato-the-first-true-pope-of-philosophy-sorry-socrates-argued-for-a/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [“He was a man with eyebrows, or maybe they were eyebrows with a man. Ownership would have been hard to establish, and Cyrus couldn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/he-was-a-man-with-eyebrows-or-maybe-they-were-eyebrows-with-a-man/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [After three years down here, I've not learned too much. But one thing I do know is that our bellies aren't big enough for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/after-three-years-down-here-i-ve-not-learned-too-much-but-one-thing-i/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [Drink your wine. Laugh from your gut. Burden your moments with thankfulness. Be as empty as you can be when that clock winds down.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/drink-your-wine-laugh-from-your-gut-burden-your-moments-with/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [If God gives you (or makes you) a joke, what are you meant to do in response? (Receive it. Laugh.) If God gives you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/if-god-gives-you-or-makes-you-a-joke-what-are-you-meant-to-do-in/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [“Infinite goes all the way up and all the way down; and at every level, with equal attention, He creates with the full dose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/infinite-goes-all-the-way-up-and-all-the-way-down-and-at-every-level/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [God is a God of galaxies, of storms, of roaring seas and boiling thunder, but He is also the God of bread baking, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/god-is-a-god-of-galaxies-of-storms-of-roaring-seas-and-boiling/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [The moon was up, painting the world silver, making things look just a little more alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/the-moon-was-up-painting-the-world-silver-making-things-look-just-a/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [The world is R-rated, and no one's checking IDs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/the-world-is-r-rated-and-no-one-s-checking-ids/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [We are narrative creatures, and we need narrative nourishment-nar rative catechisms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/we-are-narrative-creatures-and-we-need-narrative-nourishment-nar/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

> [In Bright Shadow: C.S. Lewis on the Imagination for Theology and Discipleship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-d-wilson/in-bright-shadow-c-s-lewis-on-the-imagination-for-theology-and/)

[N.D. Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-d-wilson/)

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