Top 30 Peter Scazzero Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Christian spirituality, without an integration of emotional health, can be deadly – to yourself, your relationship with God, and the people around you.”

— Peter Scazzero

2. “Be willing to tolerate the discomfort necessary for growth.”

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3. “The critical issue on the journey with God is not “Am I happy?” but “Am I free?”

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4. “But an authentic relationship with Christ also takes us into the depths – the shadows, the strongholds and the darkness deep within our own souls that must be purged. Surrendering to this inward and downward journey is difficult and painful.”

— Peter Scazzero

5. “The vast majority of us go to our graves without knowing who we are.”

— Peter Scazzero

6. “Rabbi Zusya, when he was an old man, said, “In the coming world, they will not ask me: ‘Why were you not Moses?’ They will ask me, ‘Why were you not Zusya?’ “4 The true vocation for every human being is, as Kierkegaard said, “the will to be oneself.”

— Peter Scazzero

7. “Solitude is the practice of being absent from people and things to attend to God.”

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8. “In neglecting our intense emotions, we are false to ourselves and lose a wonderful opportunity to know God. We forget that change comes through brutal honesty and vulnerability before God.”

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9. “We lead more out of who we are than out of what we do, strategic or otherwise. If we fail to recognize that who we are on the inside informs every aspect of our leadership, we will do damage to ourselves and to those we lead.”

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10. “When genuine love is released in a relationship, God’s presence is manifest.”

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11. “Our relationship with God and relationship with others are two sides of the same coin.”

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12. “The Bible does not spin the flaws and weaknesses of its heroes. Moses was a murderer. Hosea’s wife was a prostitute. Peter rebuked God! Noah got drunk. Jonah was a racist. Jacob was a liar. John Mark deserted Paul. Elijah burned out. Jeremiah was depressed and suicidal. Thomas doubted. Moses had a temper. Timothy had ulcers. And all these people send the same message: that every human being on earth, regardless of their gifts and strengths, is weak, vulnerable, and dependent on God and others.”

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13. “The gospel says you are more sinful and flawed than you ever dared believe, yet you are more accepted and loved than you ever dared hope because Jesus lived and died in your place.”

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14. “Loving well is the goal of the Christian life.”

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15. “Christianity is not about our disciplined pursuit of God, but about God’s relentless pursuit of us – to.”

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16. “Regardless of how we might feel about another human being, they are made in God’s image and of infinite value and worth.”

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17. “You can’t have the true peace of Christ’s kingdom with lies and pretense.”

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18. “Am I growing in the freedom God gave me?”

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19. “As Parker Palmer said, “Self-care is never a selfish act – it is simply good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others. Anytime we can listen to true self and give it the care it requires, we do it not only for ourselves, but for the many others whose lives we touch.”

— Peter Scazzero

20. “God never loses any part of our past for his future when we surrender ourselves to him. Every mistake, sin, and detour we take in the journey of life is taken by God and becomes his gift for a future of blessing.”

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21. “Life can be difficult, so have fun whenever you can to the glory of God.”

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22. “Many Christians, in particular, are “fun deficient.”

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23. “When, out of fear, we avoid conflict and appease people, we are false peacemakers. For.”

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24. “By failing to let others be themselves before God and move at their own pace, we inevitably project onto them our own discomfort with their choice to live life differently than we do.”

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25. “Every time I make an assumption about someone who has hurt or disappointed me without confirming it, I believe a lie about this person in my head. This assumption is a misrepresentation of reality. Because I have not checked it out with the other person, it is very possible I am believing something untrue. It is also likely I will pass that false assumption around to others.”

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26. “We imitate God by stopping our work and resting.”

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27. “Love in practice is a harsh and dreadful thing compared to love in dreams.”

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28. “Most leaders shipwreck or live inconsistent lives because of forces and motivations beneath the surface of their lives, which they have never even considered.”

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29. “We can’t change – or better said, invite God to change us – when we are unaware and do not see the truth.”

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30. “I have a need of such clearance as the Savior effected in the temple of Jerusalem a riddance of clutter of what is secondary that blocks the way to the all-important central emptiness which is filled with the presence of God alone. 4 – Jean Danielou.”

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31. “Changing the way we have lived for twenty or forty or sixty years is nothing short of a revolution. 4.”

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32. “The true vocation for every human being is, as Kierkegaard said, “the will to be oneself.”5.”

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33. “Can we really love our neighbors well without loving ourselves?”

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34. “True spirituality frees us to live joyfully in the present.”

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