It is naive to believe that a steady diet of blatant immorality, played out nightly in our living rooms, has no effect on people. I am always curious when individuals insist that what they watch on television or in movie theaters doesn't affect them. ... Are we really to believe that hours, leading to years, of television viewing will not affect attitudes about everything from family life to appropriate sexual relations?
Gordon B. HinckleyOur hope concerning the future is great, and our faith is strong. We know weโve scarcely scratched the surface of that which will come to pass in the years that lie ahead.
Gordon B. HinckleyWe need to have a little humor in our lives. .If the time ever comes when we can't smile at ourselves, it will be a sad time.
Gordon B. HinckleyLikewise the piercing of the body for multiple rings in the ears, in the nose, even in the tongue. Can they possibly think that is beautiful? It is a passing fancy, but its effects can be permanent. Some have gone to such extremes that the ring had to be removed by surgery. The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve have declared that we discourage tattoos and also โthe piercing of the body for other than medical purposes.โ We do not, however, take any position โon the minimal piercing of the ears by women for one pair of earringsโ-one pair only.
Gordon B. Hinckley