Whatever thing a man sets his heart on...is his god; and if his god doesn't also happen to be the true and living God of Israel that man is laboring in idolatry.

Sin is the result of deep and unmet needs.

Being human, we would expel from our lives physical pain and mental anguish and assure ourselves of continual ease and comfort, but if we were to close the doors upon sorrow and distress, we might be excluding our greatest friends and benefactors. Suffering can make saints of people as they learn patience, long-suffering, and self-mastery.

There are many upright and faithful who live all the commandments and whose lives and prayers keep the world from destruction.

Marriage can be more an exultant ecstasy than the human mind can conceive. This is within the reach of every couple, every person.

Failure to plan brings barrenness and sterility. Fate brushes man with its wings, but we make our own fate largely.

We ought to encourage our children to know their relatives. We need to talk of them, make effort to correspond with them, visit them, join family organizations, etc.