The gospel teaches us to be happy, to have faith rather than fear, to find hope and overcome despair, to leave darkness and turn toward the light of the everlasting gospel.

Obedience is a powerful spiritual medicine. It comes close to being a cure-all.

There is a temptation for the writer or the teacher of Church history to want to tell everything, whether it is worthy or faith promoting or not. Some things that are true are not very useful.

Like 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.

However common irreverence and profanity become, they are nonetheless wrong

Take hold of your life and order yourself to be valiant.

The power of procreation is not an incidental part of the plan; it is the plan of happiness.