There is little to be gained by seeking after the mysteries, for there is hardly time in a lifetime to master the plain and precious things.
BOYD K. PACKERHistorians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.
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We were given our agency. We must use it wisely and remain close to the Spirit; otherwise, we foolishly find ourselves yielding to the enticements of the adversary.
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When temptation comes, you can invent a delete key in your mind- perhaps the words from a favorite hymn. Your mind is in charge; your body is the instrument of your mind.
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No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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There are many things about living the gospel of Jesus Christ that cannot be measured by that which is counted or charted in records of attendance.
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No pain will last forever. It is not easy, but life was never meant to be either easy or fair. Repentance and the lasting hope that forgiveness brings will always be worth the effort.
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If you need a transfusion of spiritual strength then just ask for it. We call that Prayer. Prayer is powerful spiritual medicine.
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Throughout your life there may be times when you have gone places you never should have gone and done things you never should have done.
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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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Our whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
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