“We can have unity in diversity and diversity in unity. We don’t have to be like one another to enjoy sisterhood.”

Peace can come to both the giver and the receiver as we follow the promptings of the Spirit to serve one another.

For me I feel close to the Savior when I can do in a small way for someone else, what He would do if He were there. In a way, that’s what being an instrument in all about . . . to make it possible for His love to reach more of His children.

Being pessimistic and negative about our experiences will not enhance the quality of our lives. A determination to be of good cheer can help us and those around us to enjoy life more fully.

Developing a cheerful disposition can permit an atmosphere wherein one’s spirit can be nurtured and encouraged to blossom and bear fruit.

The greatest help you will ever have in this life is the Holy Ghost! Cultivate him as a friend and constant companion.

As our knowledge is converted to wisdom, the door to opportunity is unlocked.

By assigning our women to do visiting teaching, we give them the opportunity to develop the pure love of Christ, which can be the greatest blessing of their lives.

It is vital that each sister have visiting teachers,to convey a sense that she is needed, that someone loves and thinks about her. But equally important is the way the visiting teacher is able to grow in charity.

There’s a very simple reason for focusing on the nuclear issue. Many, many issues are of supreme importance in one way or another, but if we blow ourselves up with nuclear weapons, no other issue is really going to matter.

I don’t know where hell is … another dimension, perhaps, or another plane of reality.

The disciples had arguments with Jesus! It is about listening to one another, and respecting one another with those differences.

In the last two years, the Mexicans have detained nearly 400,000 migrants whose intent was to come to the United States.

One that cackles at these capers and another that never gets much beyond a rather jaded and self-conscious smile, like the Mona Lisa.

Men do not greet one another like this … except perhaps at rugby club dinners.

It is not hard to feel like an outsider. I think we have all felt like that at one time or another.

What she was finding also was how one book led to another, doors kept opening wherever she turned and the days weren’t long enough for the reading she wanted to do.