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Donald Miller, born on August 12, 1971, is a renowned American author. His works delve into themes of life, faith, and growth in an accessible way, resonating with a wide audience.

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Famous Donald Miller Quotes

“Too much of our time is spent trying to chart God on a grid, and too little is spent allowing our hearts to feel awe. By reducing Christian spirituality to formula, we deprive our hearts of wonder.”

Feels Trying Heart Littles Christian Spirituality Wonder Too Much Our Time Awe Allowing Formulas Reducing Grids

Book:Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

“The more I try to impress people, the more I separate myself from them. Vulnerability attracts love.”

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“I didnt like being reminded about how self-absorbed i was. I wanted to be over this, done with this. I didnt want to live in a broken world or a broken me. I wasnt trying to weasel out of anything. I just wasnt in the mood of being on the earth that night. I get like that sometimes when it rains, or when i see certain sad movies.”

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Book:Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Source: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

“I heard once that real love doesn't ask what is in it for me; it just gives unconditionally. It just tries to take the weight out of somebody else's pack, lessen his load, and if it gets reciprocated, that's great, but that isn't what you did it for.”

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Book:Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

“Much of the time I’ve spent trying to impress people has been a waste. The reality is people are impressed with all kinds of things: intelligence, power, money, charm, talent, and so on. But the ones we tend to stay in love with are, in the long run, the ones who do a decent job loving us back.”

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Book:Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy

Source: Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy

“I think writers would do better to consider that idea [to write to yourself], because you know yourself really well, and you never know your demographic fully. You only get into trouble if you try to please somebody you don't really understand.”

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“Half the time I don't know what I'm trying to say.”

Knows Trying Half

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“I'm just trying to make the point that the story we're telling ourselves is often very different from the story we're telling the people around us.”

People Trying Different Stories

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“Before I studied story, I was trying to write a novel, and it was terrible. It wasn't going anywhere, and I couldn't figure out what I was trying to do. It was really hard; much harder than I thought it was going to be. Now that I've studied story, I think I'd have a different approach and maybe I could actually get it done.”

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“Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.”

Trying Book Half Picks

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“I can't do it. It would be like, say, trying to fall in love with somebody, or trying to convince yourself that your favorite food is pancakes. You don't decide those things, they just happen to you. If God is real, He needs to happen to me.”

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Book:Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

“I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time. This is why the devil tries so hard to get Christians to be religious. If he can sink a man's mind into habit, he will prevent his heart from engaging God. I was into habit.”

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Book:Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

Source: Blue Like Jazz: Nonreligious Thoughts on Christian Spirituality

“I think Jesus is saying, Look, you guys are running around like monkeys trying to get people to clap, but people are fallen, they are separated from God, so they have no idea what is good or bad, worthy to be judged or set free, beautiful or ugly to begin with. Why not get your glory from God? Why not accept your feelings of redemption because of His pleasure in you, not the fickle and empty favor of man? And only then will you know who you are, and only then will you have true, uninhibited relationships with others.”

“If we hear, in our inner ear, a voice saying we are failures, we are losers, we will never amount to anything, this is the voice of Satan trying to convince the bride that the groom does not love her. This is not the voice of God. God woos us with kindness. He changes out of character with the passion of his love.”

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Book:Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

Source: Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God

“Every creative person, and I think probably every other person, faces resistance when they are trying to create something good...The harder the resistance, the more important the task must be.”

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“Most great art is created when the artist feels they are channeling something rather than trying to communicate something.”

Feels Trying Art Artist Art Is Communicate Great Art Channeling

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