We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
BOYD K. PACKERHow grateful we are for you, our youth.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Fix that truth in your mind and hold to it. However many generations in your mortal ancestry, no matter what race or people you represent, the pedigree of your spirit can be written on a single line. You are a child of God!
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Thoughts, like water, will stay on course if we make a place for them to go. As you learn to control your thoughts, you can gain courage, conquer fear and have a happy life.
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If you are burdened with depressing feelings of guilt or disappointment, of failure or shame, there is a cure.
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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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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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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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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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In or out of marriage, abortion is not an individual choice. At a minimum, three lives are involved.
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The answer is the same for everyone: we must, and we can, resist temptations of any kind.
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The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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Those who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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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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Life moves all too fast. When you feel weak, discouraged, depressed, or afraid, open the Book of Mormon and read.
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Latter-day Saints are not obedient because they are compelled to be obedient. They are obedient because they know certain spiritual truths and have decided, as an expression of their own individual agency, to obey the commandments of God. . . .
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