Meditation on a passage of scripture... led a young boy into a grove of trees to commune with his heavenly Father. That is what opened the heavens in this dispensation

We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity.

Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

Humility responds to God's will-to the fear of His judgments and to the needs of those around us. To the proud, the applause of the world rings in their ears; to the humble, the applause of heaven warms their hearts. Someone has said, "Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man."

Marriage. . . is the most glorious and most exalting principle of the gospel of Jesus Christ. No ordinance is of more importance and none more sacred and more necessary to the eternal joy of man. Faithfulness to the marriage covenant brings the fullest joy here and glorious rewards hereafter.

Every member of the priesthood should understand the divine plan designed by the Lord to raise up the first free people in modern times.