All men who have moved the world have been men who would stand true to their conscience.

I'm going to tell you the most important secret of human life. The most critical need of the human soul is to be kind.

True liberty in individuals consists in the enjoying of every right that will contribute to one's peace and happiness, so long as the exercise of such a privilege does not interfere with the same privilege in others.

Brothers and sisters, I believe that there are few, even temple workers, who comprehend the full meaning and power of the temple endowment. Seen for what it is, it is the step-by-step ascent into the Eternal Presence. If our young people could but glimpse it, it would be the most powerful spiritual motivation of their lives.

Seek to share joy with others, or to make somebody else happy, and you will find your own soul radiant with the joy you wished for another.

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.

[Liberty] is freedom of choice, a divine gift, an essential virtue in a peaceful society.