The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness Quotes

“By comparing ourselves to other people and trying to make ourselves look better than others, we are boasting. Trying to recommend ourselves, trying to create a self-esteem résumé because we are desperate to fill our sense of inadequacy and emptiness. The ego is so busy. So busy all the time.”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

“Could you explain to someone else how the gospel can (and should) transform our sense of identity? How much do you experience that transformed sense of identity? • In what ways has God’s Word encouraged you or challenged you? Pray about it. • Pray that God would give you what you need to enable you to develop true gospel-humility and the freedom of self-forgetfulness.”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next person. We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not. They are proud of being richer, or cleverer, or better-looking than others. If everyone else became equally rich, or clever, or good-looking there would be nothing to be proud about.’3 In”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

“She quotes three current studies into the subject of self-esteem, all of which reach this conclusion and she states that ‘people with high self-esteem pose a greater threat to those around them than people with low self-esteem and feeling bad about yourself is not the source of our country’s biggest, most expensive social problems.’1”
― Timothy J. Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

“We say that people are proud of being rich, or clever, or good-looking, but they are not. They are proud of being richer, or cleverer, or better-looking than others. If everyone else became equally rich, or clever, or good-looking there would be nothing to be proud about.’3”
― Timothy Keller, The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness