Tolerance is a virtue, but, like all virtues, when exaggerated it transforms itself into a vice.
Boyd K. PackerThose who choose, conduct, present, and accompany the music may influence the spirit of reverence ... more than a speaker does.
Boyd K. PackerLike most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture study, will invite impressions and revelations and the whisperings of the Holy Spirit. This provides us with instruction from on high as we learn precept upon precept.
Boyd K. PackerYou cannot force spiritual things. A testimony is not thrust upon you; it grows. And a testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large. We become taller in our testimony like we grow in physical stature and hardly know it is happening, because it comes by growth.
Boyd K. PackerParents now are concerned about the moral and spiritual diseases. These can have terrible complications when standards and values are abandoned. We must all take protective measures.
Boyd K. PackerTolerance is a virtue, but like all virtues, when exaggerated, it transforms itself into a vice. We need to be careful of the โtolerance trapโ so that we are not swallowed up in it. The permissiveness afforded by the weakening of the laws of the land to tolerate legalized acts of immorality does not reduce the serious spiritual consequence that is the result of the violation of Godโs law of chastity.
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