Adam Neumann Quotes

When I had to make a decision whether or not an activity was appropriate for the Sabbath, I simply asked myself, 'What sign do I want to give to God?' That question made my choices about the Sabbath day crystal clear.

Keeping the Sabbath day holy is much more than just physical rest. It involves spiritual renewal and worship.

It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple.

O blessed Saviour, give me grace like Thee, to make Religion my first, and chiefest care, and devoutly to observe, all solemn times, and all holy Rites, which relate to Thy worship.

Things like Facebook have made you feel as though you're connected to everybody. You've got a thousand friends on Facebook, but you don't actually talk to anybody. You're not close to anybody.

I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis.

Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.

There must be something solemn, serious, and tender about any attitude which we denominate religious. If glad, it must not grin or snicker; if sad, it must not scream or curse.

Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

From the simple stringing together of lemon garlands for the goddess Durga, to dividing the prasadam or blessed foods for the children first, I came to associate food not only with feminity, but also with purity and divinity.

I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization.

I don't do Facebook and I don't do Twitter, and already I notice that, with some of my friends, there's a whole sphere of conversation that I'm completely on the outside of, and that's my choice. But, to a greater extent, that's what the whole of life is like.

No praying, it spoils business.

Just like you need to strengthen your core physically with exercise, you also need to strength your core spiritually.

Let's get on our knees and pray. I don't know to whom. Is there a patron saint of ballistics gel?

In doing God's work, there is no substitute for praying. The men of prayer cannot be displaced with other kinds of men.

For me, getting on a knee and praying is a very special deal for me. A very special moment. For me, it was honoring that and not letting people go out there and make a mockery of it and do a lot of different things and just kind of keeping it safe.

You should enter a ballpark the way you enter a church.

Nothing is more indispensable to true religiosity than a mediator that links us with divinity.

The more social media we have, the more we think we're connecting, yet we are really disconnecting from each other.

Solemnity is proper in church, but things that are proper in church are not necessarily proper outside, and vice versa. For example, I can say a prayer while washing my teeth, but that does not mean I should wash my teeth in church.

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

I still follow the lifestyle of the Mormon church. I try to go to church every Sunday even when I'm on tour. It's not only my upbringing, but it helps me stay sane. It helps me remember my purpose and the overall picture of what is important to me and what makes me happy.

Much prayer, but no piety.

we admonish that men keep Sunday's festival with all their might, and observe it from Saturday's noon to Monday's dawning; and no man be so bold that he either go to market or seek any court on that holy day