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. PACKERJoseph’s vision of the Father and the Son opened this dispensation. Then came the Restoration of the fulness of the gospel of Jesus Christ with the same organization that existed in the primitive Church, built upon the foundation of apostles and prophets.
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The purest, most beautiful and appealing experiences of life: romance, love, marriage, and parenthood.
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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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There’s no credit buying on eternal things, none at all. Anything that is worthwhile has to be paid for in advance.
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Seek worthy companions. Attend church faithfully. Never fail daily to seek for help through prayer. And I promise you that the way will be easier and you shall have a composure of mind and a confident attitude toward life and the future.
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In all that we do in the Church, we need to provide the way, as leaders, for parents and children to have time together as families.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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Our lives are made up of thousands of everyday choices. Over the years these little choices will be bundled together and show clearly what we value.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.
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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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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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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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Do you realize how marvelous it is that you can call upon the Atonement? The Lord effected the Atonement for our sakes. And there isn’t anything that you can’t repent from and that you can’t be rescued from if you will repent and be determined to make the decision.
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I’ve learned the power of the dictum, “Early to bed, early to rise.” When I’m under pressure, you won’t find me burning the midnight oil. I’d much rather be in bed early and getting up in the wee hours of the morning.
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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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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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