Conscience warns us not to sink our cleats too deeply in mortal turf, which is so dangerously artificial.

If, in the end, you have not chosen Jesus Christ it will not matter what you have chosen.

Real disciples absorb the fiery darts of the adversary by holding aloft the quenching shield of faith with one hand, while holding to the iron rod with the other (see Eph. 6:16; 1 Ne. 15:24; D&C 27:17). There should be no mistaking; it will take both hands!

Most of our suffering comes from sin and stupidity; it is, nevertheless, very real, and growth can occur with real repentance. But the highest source of suffering appears to be reserved for the innocent who undergo divine tutorial training.

Those who turn against the Church do so to play to their own private gallery, but when, one day, the applause has died down and the cheering has stopped, they will face a smaller audience, the judgment bar of God.

Love, patience, and meekness can be just as contagious as rudeness and crudeness.

Patience helps us to view imperfections in others more generously to the end that we may learn to be more wise than they have been.