Norman Vincent Peale Quotes

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.

Wanting to feel good is synonymous with wanting to feel God.

Christians should be ready for a change because Jesus was the greatest changer in history.

We must seek the loving-kindness of God in all the breadth and open-air of common life.

Do not concern yourself with politics and the world; your job is to connect the hearts to God.

I talk to God every day. He's very real for me.

A vague religion—all about feeling God in nature, and so on—is so attractive. It is all thrills and no work; like watching the waves from the beach. But you will not get to Newfoundland by studying the Atlantic, and you will not get eternal life by simply feeling the presence of God in Flowers or music.

Love God and find him within - the only treasure worth finding.

Religion itself is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved Disciple: And to be sure a Man can live no where better.

Your worst day with God is still better than your best day without Him.

Salvation is not a religion. It's not rules or regulations or rituals. Salvation is a relationship. That relationship doesn't begin when you get to Heaven; it begins here on Earth.

That's why we cannot love, because with the ego, love is impossible. That's why we go on talking so much about love, but we never are in love. And whatsoever we call love is more or less sex, it is not love; because you cannot lose your ego, and love cannot exist unless the ego has disappeared. Love, meditation, godliness, they all require one thing - the ego must not be there. That's why Jesus is right in saying that God is love, because both phenomena happen only when the ego is not.

Christian life consists of faith and charity

I wouldn't say that I'm overly religious, but I have a pretty good relationship with my spiritual being.

Should you ask me what is the first thing in religion, I should reply that the first, second, and third thing therein is humility.

The closer a person is to God, the closer he is to people.

The greatest achievement to any human being is to love God, yourself, and others.

You cannot love a fellow creature fully till you love God.

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

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

I have a great faith in God and Jesus.

Contentment does not come from achievement. It comes from a relationship with the Lord.

I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.

There are periods that we forget that in the pursuit of fruit, that if we just abide in Him, then fruitfulness is a guarantee.

I am trying to get closer to God.