Neal A. Maxwell Quotes

You must pray for yourself constantly. How could it be otherwise? We worship God by believing in Him, trusting Him, and loving Him wholeheartedly - and we can attain to that only through prayer. The sole object of our being here is that we may grow like Him - and we can do that only through prayer. The more we pray for ourselves the more power will our prayers have for any other purpose whatever; so praying for ourselves is the reverse of selfishness - it is truly glorifying God.

Through prayer, fasting, and studying, God will answer.

Through selfless work, love of God grows in the heart. Then through his grace one realize him in course of time. God can be seen. One can talk to him as I am talking to you.

When we have spiritual reading at meals, when we have the rosary at night, when we have study groups, forums, when we go out to distribute literature at meetings, or sell it on the street corners, Christ is there with us.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a better person and draw oneself closer to God.

I'd rather be able to pray than to be a great preacher; Jesus Christ never taught his disciples how to preach, but only how to pray.

We have become so self-centered that we go to God only for something from Him, and not for God Himself.

Dear young friends, learn to pray every day: this is the way to know Jesus and invite him into your lives.

the deeper one is drawn into God, the more one must 'go out of oneself'; that is, one must go to the world in order to carry the divine life into it.

Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone with Him who we know loves us. The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love. Love is not great delight but desire to please God in everything.

I meditate on God's life and I read the scriptures. I read something about Him, go through it and spend a lot of time by myself.

Prayer is not an old woman's idle amusement. Properly understood and applied, it is the most potent instrument of action.

My religion lies in my composition.

I'm a big believer in the way ritual can put us in connection with our spirituality.

I have not placed reading before praying because I regard it more important, but because, in order to pray aright, we must understand what we are praying for.

I speak to God every day.

Just remaining quietly in the presence of God, listening to Him, being attentive to Him, requires a lot of courage and know-how.

My relationship with God has gotten better and stronger for the simple fact that I understand it a lot better. You know, to me, God's my best friend.

Deepen your existing spiritual commitment.

The Word we study has to be the Word we pray.

It is by letting the world go and coming unto Christ that we increasingly live as women of God.

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

And I used to think that proof that I had religion was whether I knew how to sing all of the songs.

Over the years as I went through a lot more things, I've gotten closer and closer to God as far as praying a lot more, being into the Word.

I listen and talk to God daily.