Following Christ is not a casual or occasional practice but a continuous commitment and way of life that applies at all times and in all places.
Dallin H. OaksWe feel great compassion for parents whose love and protective instincts for their challenged children have moved them to some positions that are adversary to the Church. I hope the Lord will be merciful to parents whose love for their children has caused them to get into such traps.
Dallin H. OaksThe possession of wealth is not a mark of Heavenly favor and their absence is not evidence of Heavenly disfavor.
Dallin H. OaksPornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or polluted food. The body has defenses to rid itself of unwholesome food. With a few fatal exceptions, bad food will only make you sick but do no permanent harm. In contrast, a person who feasts upon filthy stories or pornographic or erotic pictures and literature records them in this marvelous retrieval system we call a brain. The brain won't vomit back filth. Once recorded, it will always remain subject to recall, flashing its perverted images across your mind and drawing you away from the wholesome things in life.
Dallin H. Oaks