Irwin Edman Quotes

“Life is always at some turning point.”

“Political success in Athens seemed to depend on having a party, and there seemed now to be no party with whom an honorable man could connect himself. ”

“The pattern [of the crisis of the deeper life] seems to be self-centeredness, self-effort, increasing inner dissatisfaction and outer discouragement, a temptation to give it all up because there is no better way, and then finding the Spirit of God to be their strength, their guide, their confidence and companion--in a word, their life.”

“Never doubt in the DARK what God told you in the LIGHT.”

“Climbing in the Spirit is accompanied by kneeling, and not by running; by surrender, and not by determination. Despair of self leads to utter desperation; but beyond these mists lies the sunshine of God's presence.”

“Many a soul will turn back to accustomed marshlands of defeat rather than brave the fogs of frustration”

“I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.”

“There's a lot of research behind the scenes that you don't get to see, but I have an instinct that my dad nurtured from when I was born. I was very lucky then.”

“When you lose someone whose life was so extraordinary like my dad's, you have two options: You can curl up in a dark corner... or rise above it and dust yourself off and continue with their work. He will always be with me.”

“With Dad, he was the ultimate wildlife warrior, and we admired him more than anything.”