We are vulnerable if we can be taken by a wave of emotion, invaded by an invidious impulse, roughed up by resentment,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Stubborn selfishness leads otherwise good people to fight over herds, patches of sand, and strippings of milk. All this results from what… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
A narcissist society, in which each person is busy looking out for number one, can build neither brotherhood nor community. Aren't we… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Thus worshiping, serving, studying, praying, each in its own way squeezes selfishness out of us; pushes aside our preoccupations with the things… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“Even the early droplets of selfish decisions suggest a direction. Then the little inflecting rivulets come, merging into small brooks and soon… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
To one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting! — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Selfishness is much more than an ordinary problem because it activates all the cardinal sins! It is the detonator in the breaking… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
In contrast to the path of selfishness, there is no room for road rage on the straight and narrow way. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Clearly, when we baptize, our eyes should gaze beyond the baptismal font to the holy temple. The great garner into which the sheaves should… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We should not assume; however, that just because something is unexplainable by us, it is unexplainable. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Naive optimism and pervasive pessimism are both to be avoided, therefore. It's not an easy balance to maintain, to be asked to work away… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Occasionally some individuals let the seeming ordinariness of life dampen their spirits. Though actually coping and growning, others lack the quiet, inner-soul satisfaction that… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The acceptance of the reality that we are in the Lord's loving hands is only a recognition that we have never really been anywhere… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We can't dwell upon another's ingratitude without using up our time and talents unprofitably. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The winds of tribulation, which blow out some men's candles of commitment, only fan the fires of faith of others. — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
Frequently, we busily search for group service projects, which are surely needed and commendable, when quiet, personal service is also urgently needed. Sometimes the… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
The cumulative weight of all mortal sins--past, present, and future--pressed upon that perfect, sinless, and sensitive Soul! All our infirmities and sicknesses were somehow,… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
“When we feel so alone, we cannot presume to teach him who, at the apogee of his agony, trod “the winepress alone” anything about… — Neal A. Maxwell Copy Share Image
