343 Quotes by Neal A. Maxwell

God, as a loving Father, will stretch our souls at times. The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched. . . . God will tutor us by trying us because He loves us, not because of indifference!

Some mothers in today's world feel "cumbered" by home duties and are thus attracted by other more "romantic" challenges. Such women could make the same error of perspective that Martha made. The woman, for instance, who deserts the cradle in order to help defend civilization against the barbarians may well later meet, among the barbarians, her own neglected child.

If we are not serving Jesus, and if he is not in our thoughts and hearts, then the things of the world will draw us instead to them! Moreover, the things of the world need not be sinister in order to be diverting and consuming.

Trying to observe the slow shift from self-centeredness to empathy is like trying to watch grass grow.

It is possible to know when, at least basically, we please God. In fact, Joseph Smith taught that one of the conditions of genuine faith is to have "an actual knowledge that the course of life which [one] is pursuing is according to [God's] will."

God does not begin by asking our ability, only our availability, and if we prove our dependability, He will increase our capability.

It is better to trust and sometimes be disappointed than to be forever mistrusting and be right occasionally.

Each day I see all about me the fruits of commandment-keeping.

Many of those engaged in a lemming-like march to the sea are proud of their individualism.