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Men and Women of Christ magnify their callings without magnifying themselves.
Neal A. Maxwell
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Neal A. Maxwell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 6
Died: 2004
Died: July 21
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Neal Ash Maxwell
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Ironically, brothers and sisters, the natural man who is so very selfish in so many ordinary ways is strangely unselfish in that he reaches for too few of the things that bring real joy. He settles for a mess of pottage instead of eternal joy.
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Satan delights to have us put ourselves down. Self-contempt is of Satan. There is no such thing in heaven.
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Thus worshiping, serving, studying, praying, each in its own way squeezes selfishness out of us pushes aside our preoccupations with the things of the world.
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Empathy during agony is a portion of divinity.
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Ultimate hope constitutes the anchor of the soul.
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As we come closer to Him, we not only stand all amazed-we even kneel all amazed!
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Our little pebble of poor performance helps to start, or to sustain, an avalanche.
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In contrast to the path of selfishness, there is no room for road rage on the straight and narrow way.
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We are often not only to slow to get on our knees, but to quick to rise from them.
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The great challenge is to refuse to let the bad things that happen to us do bad things to us. That is the crucial difference between adversity and tragedy.
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Those of little faith mistake local cloud cover for general darkness. Keeping spiritually intact results in our keeping precious perspective by seeing things as they really are.
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Regarding trials, including of our faith and patience, there are no exemptions-only variations.
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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.
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Every dimension of the gospel is relevant to one or more of our social and political problems of our time.
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Obviously, family values mirror our personal priorities. Given the gravity of current conditions, would parents be willing to give up just one outside thing, giving that time and talent instead to the family.
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Life is an 'open-book' exam, but the problem is that most of the students don't have the 'book', or refuse to open it-a fact that ought to spur us on as Church members to share the gospel more widely so that life would be meaningful for more people.
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