Every way of life produces its own environment and in turn is influenced by that environment.

At UCLA I quickly learned the knack of getting grades, a craven surrender to custom, since grades had little to do with learning.

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.

The tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became.

And the issue is never the merits of the evidence but always the jealous rivalry of the contestants to see which would be the official light unto the world. Right down to the present day we have been the spectators of a foolish contest between equally vain and bigoted rivals.

Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.

The unique value of Christianity lies in those things which would never in a million years occur to men if left to themselves.