We cannot pursue a classical and Christian education as a fad. We are not purchasing intellectual hula hoops for the kids. Douglas Wilson More Quotes by Douglas Wilson More Quotes From Douglas Wilson 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. Douglas Wilson rome christian two Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry. Douglas Wilson kind persons To say that someone is a conservative does not tell us what he is interested in conserving. Douglas Wilson conserving conservative doe 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. Douglas Wilson ungrateful-people heart thinking 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. Douglas Wilson reading running add Beware of anyone who claims to be neutral, for they always have an agenda. Douglas Wilson agendas claims 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. Douglas Wilson feet heart 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. Douglas Wilson distance hiking believe If no God, mankind is a set of bi-pedal carbon units of mostly water. And nothing else Douglas Wilson carbon pedals water 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. Douglas Wilson hate atheist moving As you read, allow your reading to cluster around your interests. Douglas Wilson clusters interest reading Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of person. Douglas Wilson kind persons stories Use plants to bring life Douglas Wilson gardening garden use Education is the process of selling someone on books. Douglas Wilson selling education book I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking. Douglas Wilson rooms Whether the Bible is Law or Gospel depends on the spiritual condition of the one hearing it. If someone is regenerate and loves God, then the whole Bible is Gospel to him. If someone is unregenerate and hates God, the whole Bible is Law to him, the whole thing condemns him. Douglas Wilson hate spiritual law If boys don't learn, men won't know. Douglas Wilson knows men boys Immodest and attractive is easy. Modest and repulsive is easy too. But modest and attractive is an art form. Douglas Wilson attractive easy art Yeah, I spent about 20 years in a dorm room. It took me a while to graduate. Douglas Wilson graduation inspirational funny Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility. Douglas Wilson masculinity assumption responsibility
