. . . just as God cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance, as we become more like Him, neither can we. The best people have a heightened awareness of what little of the worst is still in them! Indeed, the divine discontent, the justifiable spiritual restlessness that we feel, is a natural follow-on feeling in the disciple who has taken the Lord's counsel to "make you a new heart and a new spirit." (Ezekiel 18:31.)

We must not fail, individually, for if we fail, we fail twice - for ourselves and for those who could have been helped, if we had done our duty.

Real hope is much more than wishful musing. It stiffens, not slackens, the spiritual spine.

True discipleship is for volunteers only. Only volunteers will trust the Guide sufficiently to follow Him in the dangerous ascent which only He can lead.

The Book of Mormon is to be feasted upon, not nibbled.

Defectors often cause more difficulty than disinterested disbelievers.

Let us have integrity and not write checks with our tongues which our conduct cannot cash.