Tolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the “tolerance trap” so that we are not swallowed up in it.
BOYD K. PACKEROur whole social order could self-destruct over the obsession with freedom disconnected from responsibility; where choice is imagined to be somehow independent of consequences.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness. If everything has to be known, if everything has to be explained, if everything has to be certified, then there is no need for faith. Indeed, there is no room for it.
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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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This shield of faith is best fabricated in a cottage industry. While the shield can be polished in classes in the Church and in activities, it is meant to be handcrafted in the home and fitted to each individual.
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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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The Spirit is a voice that one feels more than hears.
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The gospel stands as true for those who reject it as for those who accept it – both will be judged by it.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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The ultimate effort of everything in the Church is to the end that a father and a mother and their children can be happy at home. If they are happy at home, they are spiritually prepared for whatever should be ahead of them in the world.
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I do not think it pleases the Lord when we worry because we think we never do enough or that what we do is never good enough.
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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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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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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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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