Timothy Keller Quotes About Feelings

Quotes about: Feelings

• Our culture says that feelings of love are the basis for actions of love. And of course that can be true. But it is truer to say that actions of love can lead consistently to feelings of love.

  Timothy Keller

  Love, Marriage, Feelings

  Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.66, Penguin

• Love is primarily giving. It’s an action that leads to a feeling, not a feeling first.

  Timothy Keller

  Love, Giving, Feelings

• To stand in the presence of God, that is what the Gospel is. The Gospel is not primarily about forgiveness. It’s not primarily about good feelings. It’s not primarily about power. All those things are byproducts, sparks. It’s primarily about the presence of God.

  Timothy Keller

  Feelings, Sparks, Good Feeling

• Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.

  Timothy Keller

  Marriage, Giving, Feelings

  Timothy Keller (2011). “The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God”, p.63, Penguin

• Faith is not opposed to reason, but it is sometimes opposed to feelings and appearances.

  Timothy Keller

  Feelings, Sometimes, Appearance

• Remember that according to the Bible, the heart is not primarily the emotions but rather the seat of our fundamental commitments and trusts, and therefore it is the control center of the whole life. So to preach to the heart means to go right for the commanding commitments of people's lives that drive their desires, thinking, feeling, and action.

  Timothy Keller

  Heart, Mean, Commitment

• Your feelings come from where you find your hope. Where is your happiness and your significance?

  Timothy Keller

  Feelings, Significance

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