Regina Brett Quotes

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

If, then, faith widens the connections, it elevates the man.

I don't think there's anyone who would say they don't want or need more of God's power in their life.

The church can have light only as it is full of the Spirit, and it can be full only as the members that compose it are filled individually.

If, then, knowledge be power, how much more power to we gain through the agency of faith, and what elevation must it give to human character.

Purity is not imposed upon us as though it were a kind of punishment, it is one of those mysterious but obvious conditions of that supernatural knowledge of ourselves in the Divine, which we speak of as faith. Impurity does not destroy this knowledge, it slays our need for it.

Darkness is the only path to light. It is not our wonderful gifts that make us closer to God: it's using our garbage to transform ourselves. This is the key that unlocks the door that opens to God.

I have discovered that just because we grow weaker physically as we age, it doesn't mean that we must grow weaker spiritually.

Religion is not a burden, not a weight, it is wings.

Faith is not something to grasp, it is a state to grow into.

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.

To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious.

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.

Let the inner god that is in each one of us speak. The temple is your body, and the priest is your heart: it is from here that every awareness must begin.

Jesus represents the possibilities of a new dimension of existence that transcends all the boundaries that restrict us from opening ourselves to God and allowing this source of love to flow through us.

I would say it simply: No one can give that which he doesn't personally possess, which means we cannot transmit the Holy Spirit in an effective way, render the Spirit perceptible, if we ourselves aren't close to the Spirit.

As you read or listen to God's Word and spend time talking to Him in prayer, your spirit will eventually become stronger than your flesh.

The strength people need to proceed along the path of human development can come only from the spiritual worlds.

The dignity of self is greatly enhanced by looking upward in the search for holiness. Like the giant trees, we should reach up for the light. The most important source of light we can come to know is the gift of the Holy Ghost. It is the source of inner strength and peace.

It just took all of that to come to a screeching halt, to get to the point of having nothing, for me to finally realize, Hey, what are you fighting with this for? Until then, I hadn't claimed my faith as my own; I had just grown up with it.

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

Have faith in God. It will make you dig deeper and become a better leader.

The only thing you're taking out of here is your spirit and your soul, so we need to be conscious to try and develop that part of ourselves, because we're all spiritual creatures.

Every time you don't follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.

Increased spiritual strength is a gift from God which He can give when we push in His service to our limits. Through the power of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, our natures can be changed. Then our power to carry burdens can be increased more than enough to compensate for the increased service we will be asked to give.