Quotes from Saint

Ted Dekker ·  347 pages

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“Once born into childlike faith, brimming with belief, typical people begin to lose their faith. Society mocks them. Their friends smirk. They come to change the world, but over time the world changes them. Soon they forget who they were; they forget the faith they once had. Then one day someone tells them the truth, but they don’t want to go back, because they’re comfortable in their new skin. Being a stranger in this world is never easy.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint


“…It’s not that you don’t have the capacity to accept the truth. You don’t want to accept it, and you hide behind your own logic and intelligence while the truth marches by. Step out and join it, for goodness’’ sake! Shout it out in full step! I believe!”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint


“Anything unnatural was not naturally believed. Faith, in essence, was unnatural.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint


“You never read Spider-Man? Accepting your true identity means understanding that you are a stranger to this world. A freak, ostracized by the very people you want to help.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint


“...a person who finds silence and solitude boring is a person who is himself boring, empty of anything worth consideration.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint



“In the end you will be your own undoing. You can't escape you.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint


“...we all face similar pressures to forget the simple truth of who we are. Particularly the truths that don't jive with what we see around us. As time wears us down we can forget who we once were.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint


“Once born into child like faith, brimming with belief, typical people began to lose their faith. Society mocks them. Their friends smirk. They come to change the world, but over time the world changes them. Soon they forget the faith they once had. Then one day someone tells them the truth, but they don't want to go back, because they're comfortable in their new skin. Being a stranger in this world is never easy.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint


“I've always wanted to go to the desert. It's so vast. Uncaring of the rest of the world. It's just there, no matter what else happens. Golden sands and towering rocks. Coyotes that roam the land, free.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint


“Do you believe?
"I believe," he said softly.
What do you believe?
"I believe that I will kill these two to save my wife and son."
Belief. Something about belief mattered greatly.”
― Ted Dekker, quote from Saint



About the author

Ted Dekker
Born place: in Indonesia
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