Pleasure is not the purpose of man's existence. Joy is.

Among life's sweetest blessings is fellowship with men and women whose ideals and aspirations are high and noble. Next to a sense of kinship with God comes the helpfulness, encouragement, and inspiration of friends.

Sincere prayer implies that when we ask for any virtue or blessing, we should work for the blessing and cultivate the virtue.

True happiness comes only by making others happy.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ can make bad men good and good men better, can alter human nature, and can change human lives.

True happiness comes only by making others happy—the practical application of the Savior's doctrine of losing one's life to gain it. In short, the Christmas spirit is the Christ spirit, that makes our hearts glow in brotherly love and friendship and prompts us to kind deeds of service.

True education is awakening a love for truth...opening the eyes of the soul to the great purpose and end of life.