Parents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
BOYD K. PACKERIf our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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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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The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ has the nourishing power to heal starving spirits of the world.
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This great circle of sisters will be a protection for each of you and for your families. The Relief Society might be likened to a refuge- the place of safety and protection- the sanctuary of ancient times. You will be safe within it. It encircles each sister like a protecting wall.
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If the word is tolerance, grab that one, too, saying, “I expect you to be tolerant of my lifestyle-obedience, integrity, abstinence, repentance.” If the word is choice, tell them you choose good, old-fashioned morality.
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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.
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Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering.
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At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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The end of all activity in the church is to see that a man and a woman with their children are happy at home, sealed for eternity.
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