Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences...Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives. That sum total of private behavior has worldwide public consequences of enormous magnitude. There are no completely private choices.

We must at times search our own souls and discover what we really are. Our real character, much as we would wish, cannot be hidden.

As we look into the future, we are going to need to be stronger and more responsible for our choices in a world where people "call evil good, and good evil." We do not choose wisely if we use our agency in opposition to God's will or to priesthood counsel. Tomorrow's blessings and opportunities depend on the choices we make today.

Cheating in school is a form of self-deception. We go to school to learn. We cheat ourselves when we coast on the efforts and scholarship of someone else.

This Christmas and every Christmas will be richer by sharing and enjoying gifts that cannot be held but only felt.

We should not allow our personal values to erode, even if others think we are peculiar.

Integrity is the light that shines from a disciplined conscience.