# The Spirit of the Disciplines

## Metadata
- Author: [[Dallas Willard]]
- Full Title: The Spirit of the Disciplines
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- My central claim is that we can become like Christ by doing one thing—by following him in the overall style of life he chose for himself. If we have faith in Christ, we must believe that he knew how to live. We can, through faith and grace, become like Christ by practicing the types of activities he engaged in, by arranging our whole lives around the activities he himself practiced in order to remain constantly at home in the fellowship of his Father. ([Location 92](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001RS8KQA&location=92))
- What activities did Jesus practice? Such things as solitude and silence, prayer, simple and sacrificial living, intense study and meditation upon God’s Word and God’s ways, and service to others. ([Location 95](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001RS8KQA&location=95))
- Multitudes are now turning to Christ in all parts of the world. How unbearably tragic it would be, though, if the millions of Asia, South America and Africa were led to believe that the best we can hope for from The Way of Christ is the level of Christianity visible in Europe and America today, a level that has left us tottering on the edge of world destruction. ([Location 136](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001RS8KQA&location=136))
- The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low ([Location 140](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001RS8KQA&location=140))
- Bishop Wilson of the Isle of Man: “Those who deny themselves will be sure to find their strength increased, their affections raised, and their inward peace continually augmented.”3 ([Location 3146](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B001RS8KQA&location=3146))