A testimony is a testimony, and it should be respected, whether it is small or large.

Devotion to the family and devotion to the Church are not different and separate things.

I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the secretaries in the church office building that they are ugly and fat. That would be the truth, but it would hurt and destroy them. Historians should tell only that part of the truth that is inspiring and uplifting.

If our view is limited to mortal life, some things become unbearable because they seem so unfair and so permanent.

Progression: you can start from where you are.

We are not obedient because we are blind, we are obedient because we can see.

Often, very often, we are punished as much by our sins as we are for them.