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.
BOYD K. PACKERIf you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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If prayer is to leave the public schools, let the ridicule of prayer leave also.
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Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.
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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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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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The spiritually starving hesitate to partake of the Spirit like a child’s reaction to new and strange food. They must be offered a tiny bite on a spoon.
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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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One who can control his thoughts has conquered himself.
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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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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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Justice can seem to be so very demanding. But we must learn that when we put everything as right as we can put it right, it is Justice who invokes the Atonement, orders the adversary off our property, and posts the notice that his agents will make no more collections from us.
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Everything that I have learned from the revelations and from life convinces me that there is time and to spare for you to carefully prepare for a long life.
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We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see
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It was meant to be that life would be a challenge. To suffer some anxiety, some depression, some disappointment, even some failure is normal.
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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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Keep the fire of your testimony of the restored gospel and your witness of our Redeemer burning so brightly that our children can warm their hands by the fire of your faith.
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