The Truth in True Crime Quotes

“humans flourish when we cultivate (1) deep, meaningful relationships with (2) a small number of (3) virtuous friends.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Deep diving” friends are the ones who shape and direct us—people who know us genuinely and are willing to invest in our future.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“(Wisdom is) the ability to use your knowledge and experience to make good decisions and judgments.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“God doesn’t ask us to stop being us to be known as his. In fact, God is the source of our unique attributes. He gave us gifts and a distinctive personal history so we could find our place in his story.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“People who make sense of and find meaning in their suffering experience better psychological and physical well-being and are less likely to be depressed, mentally ill, or experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Traumatized people find themselves “reappraising the traumatic event to perceive it as more consistent with their pre-trauma global beliefs and goals . . . or revising their global beliefs and goals to accommodate their experience.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Trauma occurs when our perceptions of the world and our role in it (our “global” beliefs and goals) are disrupted, especially if we assumed nothing bad would ever happen to us.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Undefeated heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson was once asked if he was worried about the prefight strategy of one of his opponents. He replied, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Sir Walter Scott once advised, “Teach self-denial and make its practice pleasure, and you can create for the world a destiny more sublime than ever issued from the brain of the wildest dreamer.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Henry Ward Beecher observed, “The art of being happy lies in the power of extracting happiness from common things.”31 When we are grateful—even for “common things”—we reduce the power that envy and discontentment have on our lives.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Epicurus warned, “Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Benjamin Franklin wrote, “Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“When we work with purpose, we are happier, more satisfied with our lives, more confident in our identity and role within society, and more connected to the people we love.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Spurgeon observed, “It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Jackson, you mentioned wanting things now. Well, there are two ways to get what you want. You can decide what will make you happy and go get it . . . or decide that what you’ve already got will make you happy. Get what you want or want what you got. The second way is a lot easier, my friend, and it will keep you out of jail.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Look, Jackson, financial independence is not the ability to buy anything, it’s the ability to buy anything you want. I have that kind of freedom right now. You know why? Because I don’t want anything.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“The acceptance you and I crave has been available all along, not on the social media platforms we frequent but in the love God offers.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“According to the Bible, God knew you before you were born, created you, and delights in you.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Jesus came to serve rather than be served.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“His pride didn’t allow him to see what researchers are now discovering: humans prosper when they adopt an attitude of humility and resist the desire for celebrity.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Margaret Thatcher noticed this decades ago when she commented on the changing nature of politics in her own country: “It used to be about trying to do something. Now it’s about trying to be someone.”32 Seek to serve and celebrate others.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Symbolic immortality” is also a poor substitute for eternal life, and this lesser counterfeit comes with a price.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“The importance of humility is just as ancient as our pursuit of celebrity. Why do humans seek such a debilitating goal while simultaneously struggling to embrace this virtue?”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Solomon, “Better is open rebuke than hidden love. Faithful are the wounds of a friend.”12 Fans and admirers simply haven’t earned the right to do what friends need to do.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Sociologists and researchers who study the motives behind our desire for celebrity often cite acceptance and immortality as the aspirations. Fame, however, seldom provides either of these.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“De Botton even theorized, “No one would want to be famous who hadn’t also, somewhere in the past, been made to feel extremely insignificant.”7”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“There would be no celebrities if there weren’t celebrity-seekers,”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“Martin Luther, for example, recognized that “the god of the world is riches, pleasure, and pride, wherewith they abuse all the creatures and gifts of God.”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“As Charles Spurgeon put it, “Nothing teaches us about the preciousness of the Creator as much as when we learn the emptiness of everything else.”15”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life

“fewer than 43 percent of Christian believers (depending on the denomination) listed any form of spirituality as their top source of “meaning.” Instead, they often listed family, career, or finances.14”
― J. Warner Wallace, The Truth in True Crime: What Investigating Death Teaches Us About the Meaning of Life