Some things that are true are not very useful.
BOYD K. PACKERThe first gift that Adam and Eve received was agency: ‘Thou mayest choose for thyself, for it is given unto thee’ (Moses 3:17).
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The house of the Lord, bathed in light, standing out in the darkness, becomes symbolic of the power and the inspiration of the gospel of Jesus Christ standing as a beacon in a world that sinks ever further into spiritual darkness.
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Happiness is inseparably connected with decent, clean behavior.
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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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One thing is very clear: the safest place and the best protection against the moral and spiritual diseases is a stable home and family. This has always been true; it will be true forever. We must keep that foremost in our minds.
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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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If you stumble, rise up, go on.
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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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The scriptures hold the keys to spiritual protection.
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It has to be an awfully good meeting to beat having no meeting at all.
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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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The idea that life began with mortal birth is preposterous. There is no way to explain life if you believe that.
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Despite the opposition, trials, and temptations, you need not fail or fear.
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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.
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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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Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
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