Addiction has the capacity to disconnect the human will and nullify moral agency. It can rob one of the power to decide.
BOYD K. PACKERIf you have seen one of the temples at night, fully lighted, you know what an impressive sight that can be.
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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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If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.
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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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How grateful we are for you, our youth.
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Hit the ‘delete’ button when you have unrighteous thoughts.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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Some things that are true are not very useful.
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You have that same agency. Use it wisely to deny acting on any impure impulse or unholy temptation that may come into your mind. Just do not go there, and if you are already there, come back out of it. ‘Deny yourselves of all ungodliness’ (Moroni 10:32).
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A testimony of the hope of redemption is something which cannot be measured or counted. Jesus Christ is the source of that hope.
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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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Moral standards cannot be changed by battle and cannot be changed by ballot.
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At the temple the dust of distraction seems to settle out, the fog and the haze seem to lift, and we can ‘see’ things that we were not able to see before and find a way through our troubles that we had not previously known.
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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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Every soul confined in a prison of sin, guilt, or perversion has a key to the gate. The key is labeled “repentance.” If you know how to use this key, the adversary cannot hold you.
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There is also an age-old excuse: “The devil made me do it.” Not so! He can deceive you and mislead you, but he does not have the power to force you or anyone else to transgress or to keep you in transgression.
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