Robert A. Schuller Quotes

If it is true that we have a personal relationship with God, then that's enough for me.

What surprises me most about God is that the creator of the universe should want a relationship with me.

Religion is the tie that binds one to one's Creator, and whilst the body perishes, as it has to, religion persists even after death.

The soul can split the sky in two and let the face of God shine through.

The deepest need of men is not food and clothing and shelter, important as they are. It is God.

There is therefore a tremendous mystery in the fact that God may be united with man and the man with God.

We are made to know and love God.

Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.

Heaven means to be one with God.

Each one of us is an outlet to God and an inlet to God.

I say three prayers every night to make sure that God knows I thank him so much.

My mother was a personal friend of God's. They had ongoing conversations.

To love another person is to see the face of God.

This is a paradox of man: compared to God, man is nothing; yet we are everything to God.

I had this idea that the coolest thing that could happen to you was talking with God. My father was always talking about God, and I idolized my father, so I'd spend hours trying to have mental telepathy with God.

Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.

Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God.

I said to the almond tree, 'Friend, speak to me of God,' and the almond tree blossomed.

God can desire to enter into a relationship with us; he can be drawn to some aspect of our identity.

I think there is a longing in everyone for a personal relationship with God.

If we don't have God in our life, we're considered dead.

My walk on the moon lasted three days. My walk with God will last forever.

One of the values of centering prayer is that you are not thinking about God during the time of centering prayer so you are giving God a chance to manifest. In centering prayer there are moments of peace that give the psyche a chance to realize that God may not be so bad after all. God has a chance to be himself for a change.

Every generation is equidistant from God.

I have never been religious. I talk to God every day, but He's never said a word to me about religion! I think the most powerful prayer is surrender.