From within, we look outward with our eyes in every possible direction, only to end up seeing ourselves far too often.
— Stefan Kilian (b. 1956), Christlicher Autor / Aphoristiker
Topics: Meaning & Identity, Humility & Pride
Occasions: For Reflection
Stefan Kilian
Stefan Kilian (* 1956) ist ein deutscher Autor und Aphoristiker der Gegenwart. Bekannt ist er vor allem durch prägnante Sinnsprüche und christlich-meditative Aphorismen zu Themen wie Glaube, Schöpfung und christliche Lebensführung. Für Bibelleser bieten seine knappen Gedanken leicht verständliche Impulse und alltagsbezogene Denkanstöße zur persönlichen Glaubenspraxis.
All quotes by Stefan Kilian (8)
You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you.
Augustine of Hippo
Jesus calls us not to a new religion, but to life.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
I am the prodigal son every time I search for unconditional love where it cannot be found.
Henri Nouwen
To love a person means to see them as God meant them to be.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün
There is a God, and I'm not him.
John Mark Comer
God has put eternity into our hearts and filled it with longing.
John Piper
Prayers are tools not for doing or getting, but for being and becoming.
Eugene Peterson