The best means of preaching the gospel is by personal contact.

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.

The real test of any church or religion is the kind of men it makes.

As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.

No parent can consistently teach faith in Christ who profanes the name of Deity. Profanity is never heard in the well-ordered home. Swearing is a vice that bespeaks a low standard of breeding. Blasphemous exclamations drive out all spirit of reverence.

The first contributing factor to a happy home is the sublime virtue of loyalty, one of the noblest attributes of the human soul.

It is written that he who governs well, leads the blind; But that he who teaches, gives them eyes.