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Dallas Willard

(1935–2013) Translator United States

357 quotes in 1222 categories

Dallas Willard’s reflections often bridge spirituality and philosophy. In this collection of 357 quotes, his thoughtful insights encourage deeper contemplation of life’s purpose.

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Dallas Willard was a translator from the United States, best known for The Divine Conspiracy.

Quick Facts About Dallas Willard

Born: September 4, 1935
Died: May 8, 2013
Nationality: United States
Profession: Translator
Notable works: The Divine Conspiracy

About Dallas Willard

Dallas Albert Willard was an American philosopher also known for his writings on Christian spiritual formation. Much of his work in philosophy was related to phenomenology, particularly the work of Edmund Husserl, many of whose writings he translated into English for the first time.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Dallas Willard

Play is the creation of value that is not necessary.

Creation

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“People who love one another can be silent together.”12”

Love

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God does not 'love' us without liking us...

Doe

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If you don't have a teacher you can't have a disciple.

Disciple

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We don't have to be brilliant.

Brilliant

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Reality is what you can count on.

Count

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The law of the Lord is perfect, restoring the soul.

God

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Obedience to Christ is the easy way, take my yoke.

Christ

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What we can accomplish as good as it may be does not compare to what God can accomplish

Accomplish

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I'm practicing the discipline of not having to have the last word.

Discipline

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“You give to God not through your accomplishments, but through the person you become.”

Accomplishments

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One does not miss heaven by a hair, but by constant effort to avoid and escape God.

Constant

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The greatest challenge the church faces today is to be authentic disciples of Jesus.

Challenges

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When the will is enslaved to a desire, it will in turn enslave the mind.

Desire

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A leader enables people to love and honor the role they play in the organization or group they are part of

Groups

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Suppose our failures occur, not in spite of what we are doing, but precisely because of it.

Failure

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It's important to distinguish the soul from the spirit, or will, because the will or the heart or the spirit is the…

Executives

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“We were built to count, as water is made to run downhill. We are placed in a specific context to count in…

Built

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“God’s care for humanity was so great that he sent his unique Son among us, so that those who count on him…

Life

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“The disciple is one who, intent upon becoming Christ-like and so dwelling in his “faith and practice,” systematically and progressively rearranges his…

Disciple

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If you have a group of people come together around a vision for real discipleship, people who are committed to grow, committed…

Assessment

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Churches are not the kingdom of God, but are primary and inevitable expressions, outposts, and instrumentalities of presence of the kingdom among…

Church

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If we are right on the inside, we will address these issues straight-forwardly and take a stand on them, and, if necessary,…

Addresses

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“Heaven is a deeply significant word. From Abraham (Genesis 24:7) onward, it signified to the people of Israel the direct availability of…

Heaven

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Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens is at hand' (Matt 3:2, 4:17, 10:7). This is a call for us to reconsider…

Eternal

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You have established the earth and it continues. All things stand this day according to your directions. For all things are your…

All things

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When I left home after graduating high school, I left as a migrant agricultural worker with a Modern Library edition of Plato…

Bags

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What we think is, in the adult person, very much a matter of what we allow ourselves to think, and what we…

Adults

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“Who, among Christians today, is a disciple of Jesus, in any substantive sense of the word “disciple”? A disciple is a learner,…

Christianity

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“But—for good reasons rooted deeply in the nature of the person and of personal relationships—his preferred way is to speak, to communicate:…

Bible

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“the aim of spiritual formation is the transformation of the self, and that it works through transformation of thought, transformation of feeling,…

Change

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“You may be very sure that if your sincere intent is to glorify God and bless others in your efforts, and you…

Hand Of God

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“HELL THUS NO ONE CHOOSES in the abstract to go to hell or even to be the kind of person who belongs…

Every day

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“Some years ago a leading media personality had a high-level conference in Aspen, Colorado, on the topic of evil. (Shouldn’t that meeting…

Darkness

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“The test of character posed by the gentleness of God's approach to us is especially dangerous for those formed by the ideas…

Another life

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“While it is in one sense a result of God’s presence within us, the New Testament also describes a process involved in…

Bible

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“The union Christ had with the Father was the greatest that we can conceive of in this life—if indeed we can conceive…

God

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We don't save our soul and leave our emotions and our feelings and our body and all the rest of it out.…

Addresses

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I submit my tongue as an instrument of righteousness when I make it bless them that curse me and pray for them…

Bless

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“A very small percentage of those in the church stand behind a pulpit or sport certain kinds of identifiable clothing. The actual…

Church growth

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Dallas Willard by topic

Religion (93) Life (73) Jesus (44) People (33) Spiritual (31) Christ (31) Christianity (29) Humans (27) Thinking (26) Way (24) Ifs (24) Christian (24) God (23) Kingdoms (22) Church (20) Spirituality (19) Spiritual formation (19) Love (19) Doe (19) Inspirational (18) Heart (18) Formation (18) Persons (17) Grace (17) Soul (16)