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. PACKERThose who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence … more than a speaker does.
More Boyd K. Packer Quotes
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The atonement of Christ is not just for those who sin. The mercy of Christ encompasses all pain.
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The gift of the Holy Ghost operates equally with men, women, and even little children. It is within this wondrous gift and power that the spiritual remedy to any problem can be found.
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We could be like a father determined to provide everything for his family. He devotes every energy to that end and succeeds; only then does he discover that what they needed most, to be together as a family, has been neglected. And he reaps sorrow in place of contentment.
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Faith is a real power, not just an expression of belief.
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Just as chalk can be removed from a chalkboard, with sincere repentance, the effects of our transgression can be erased through the atonement of Jesus Christ.
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A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.
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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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Do not ever disturb prelude music for others, for reverence is essential to revelation
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Joseph’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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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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Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.
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There are spiritual and physical laws to obey if we are to be happy.
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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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The choice of life is not between fame and fortune, nor wealth and poverty, but between good and evil.
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