--- title: "13 You Quotes By Stanley Hauerwas" description: "13 You quotes by Stanley Hauerwas. Plus more from Stanley Hauerwas and more You sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/stanley-hauerwas-2675_foreign_the-problem-with-the-u-s-foreign-policy_1539720.png" --- > [The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. And when you've got that kind of power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/the-problem-with-the-u-s-foreign-policy-is-that-we-re-just-so/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/stanley-hauerwas-2675_foreign_the-problem-with-the-u-s-foreign-policy_1539720.png) > [I must begin by telling you that I do not like to preach on Reformation Sunday. Actually, I have to put it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-must-begin-by-telling-you-that-i-do-not-like-to-preach-on/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d62/stanley-hauerwas-2675_actually_i-must-begin-by-telling-you-that-i-do-no_1083659.png) > [Christians need jobs just like anybody else, but the years you spend as an undergraduate are like everything else in your life.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/christians-need-jobs-just-like-anybody-else-but-the-years-you-spend/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afb/stanley-hauerwas-2675_anybody_christians-need-jobs-just-like-anybody-e_463265.png) > [The heart of the gospel is that you don't know Jesus without the witness of the church. It's always mediated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/the-heart-of-the-gospel-is-that-you-don-t-know-jesus-without-the/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c53/stanley-hauerwas-2675_always_the-heart-of-the-gospel-is-that-you-don_235667.png) > [To be a Christian is to be obligated to be charitable. This is true whether you are rich or poor, healthy or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/to-be-a-christian-is-to-be-obligated-to-be-charitable-this-is-true/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fa6/stanley-hauerwas-2675_charitable_to-be-a-christian-is-to-be-obligated-to_623740.png) > [In a world of deep injustice and violence, a people exists that thinks some can be given time to study. We need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/in-a-world-of-deep-injustice-and-violence-a-people-exists-that-thinks/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a1/stanley-hauerwas-2675_calling_in-a-world-of-deep-injustice-and-violenc_846848.png) > [I really have lived in books. Books are friends. They are some of the friends that make you who you are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-really-have-lived-in-books-books-are-friends-they-are-some-of-the/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/stanley-hauerwas-2675_books_i-really-have-lived-in-books-books-are-f_2730226.png) > [There's an inclination to get on the inside of Jesus' psyche, and I think that's a deep mistake because it assumes that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/there-s-an-inclination-to-get-on-the-inside-of-jesus-psyche-and-i/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/12f/stanley-hauerwas-2675_assumes_there-s-an-inclination-to-get-on-the-ins_1736257.png) > [The very idea that you could have separation between mosque and state from Islam's perspective is the imposition on them of Christian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/the-very-idea-that-you-could-have-separation-between-mosque-and-state/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/655/stanley-hauerwas-2675_between_the-very-idea-that-you-could-have-separa_3094573.png) > [The Christian fact is very straightforward: To be a student is a calling. Your parents are setting up accounts to pay the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/the-christian-fact-is-very-straightforward-to-be-a-student-is-a/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85f/stanley-hauerwas-2675_accounts_the-christian-fact-is-very-straightforwa_1453066.png) > [It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/it-is-often-observed-that-the-first-casualty-of-war-is-truth-but-how/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/776/stanley-hauerwas-2675_accepted_it-is-often-observed-that-the-first-casu_2555663.jpg) > [I was raised in an evangelical Methodist church. Evangelical meant that though you had been baptized and made a member of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-was-raised-in-an-evangelical-methodist-church-evangelical-meant/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a12/stanley-hauerwas-2675_baptized_i-was-raised-in-an-evangelical-methodist_2514757.png) > [To be a Christian means you become a part of the most significant story the world has ever heard. You don't become…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/to-be-a-christian-means-you-become-a-part-of-the-most-significant/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/stanley-hauerwas-2675_become_to-be-a-christian-means-you-become-a-par_3161209.jpg) ## Other authors on You ## More by Stanley Hauerwas > [Advent is patience it's how God has made us a people of promise, in a world of impatience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/advent-is-patience-it-s-how-god-has-made-us-a-people-of-promise-in-a/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [It turns out that the God whose word will stand forever does not exist to insure our fantasies that we will not have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/it-turns-out-that-the-god-whose-word-will-stand-forever-does-not/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [I have come to think that the challenge confronting Christians is not that we do not believe what we say, though that can be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-have-come-to-think-that-the-challenge-confronting-christians-is-not/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [Though the world may often appear to be more charitable than the church, it is crucial to remember that, for the church, the care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/though-the-world-may-often-appear-to-be-more-charitable-than-the/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [God knows we are subtle creatures who are more than able to use candour to avoid acknowledging our deceptions of others and ourselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/god-knows-we-are-subtle-creatures-who-are-more-than-able-to-use/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [When love becomes what Christianity is all about, we can make no sense of Jesus's death and resurrection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/when-love-becomes-what-christianity-is-all-about-we-can-make-no-sense/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [To try to turn Iraq into a liberal democracy is absolutely crazy. Islam has no understanding of the separation between church and state because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/to-try-to-turn-iraq-into-a-liberal-democracy-is-absolutely-crazy/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [Our sin is exactly the presumption that we can know God or ourselves through our own capacities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/our-sin-is-exactly-the-presumption-that-we-can-know-god-or-ourselves/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [The heart of the gospel is that you don't know Jesus without the witness of the church. It's always mediated.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/the-heart-of-the-gospel-is-that-you-don-t-know-jesus-without-the/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [I have no doubt that for some to become a Christian may involve an experience of ecstasy. Yet I do not think such an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-have-no-doubt-that-for-some-to-become-a-christian-may-involve-an/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [The Gospel of John makes explicit what all the Gospels assume - that is, the cross is not a defeat, but the victory of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/the-gospel-of-john-makes-explicit-what-all-the-gospels-assume-that-is/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [One of the challenges Christians confront is how the politics we helped create has made it difficult to sustain the material practices constitutive of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/one-of-the-challenges-christians-confront-is-how-the-politics-we/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > ['The Chronicles of Narnia' are war-determined stories. I do not think Lewis could have written well or truthfully if he had tried to avoid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/the-chronicles-of-narnia-are-war-determined-stories-i-do-not-think/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [I should like to think how we write as theologians would reflect our confidence in the One who makes that writing possible. That is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/i-should-like-to-think-how-we-write-as-theologians-would-reflect-our/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) > [Many who become theologians in our time think their task is to try to determine how much of what has passed for Christianity they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-hauerwas/many-who-become-theologians-in-our-time-think-their-task-is-to-try-to/) [Stanley Hauerwas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-hauerwas/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/you/stanley-hauerwas/#itemlist", "name": "13 You Quotes By Stanley Hauerwas", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The problem with the U.S. foreign policy is that we're just so unbelievably powerful. 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