As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.
David O. McKayFree agency is a gift of God....The world does not comprehend the significance of that divine gift to the individual. It is as inherent as intelligence which, we are told, has never been nor can be created
David O. McKayAn unsatisfied appetite for knowledge means progress and is the state of a normal mind.
David O. McKayMan is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite. . . . There is something within him which urges him to rise above himself, to control his environment, to master the body and all things physical and live in a higher and more beautiful world.
David O. McKay