Daniel Boerman > Daniel's Quotes

“Indeed, how can the mind by its own leading come to search out God's essence when it cannot even get to its own?”
― John Calvin

“Stories make it possible for us to be human.”
― Daniel Taylor, The healing power of stories: Creating yourself through the stories of your life

“Faced with the mind-surpassing grandeur of the universe, we cannot but admit that there is meaning which is greater than man.”
― Abraham Heschel

“I have found that living with faith in an unseen world requires constant effort.”
― Philip Yancey, Rumors of Another World: What on Earth Are We Missing?

“The sleds accelerated quickly as they glided effortlessly over the smooth ice. We had never before experienced such a quick, easy slide. usually we wished we could push ourselves to make our sleds go faster. But not this time. The crystals of ice started flying past at an incredible rate of speed. No longer aware of where my sister and her sled were, all I could see was raw ice whizzing by ten inches under my chin at a rate of speed I never imagined I would experience on a sled. I felt like I was flying!”
― Daniel Boerman, The Flying Farm Boy