It is perfectly evident...that to thank the Lord in all things is not merely a courtesy, it is a commandment as binding upon us as any other commandment

Service is not something we endure on this earth so we can earn the right to live in the celestial kingdom. Service is the very fiber of which an exalted life in the celestial kingdom is made.

Pondering is, in my feeling, a form of prayer.

While the Lord will magnify us in both subtle and dramatic ways, he can only guide our footsteps when we move our feet.

Whenever I have a serious problem or some assignment of a creative nature...I always receive more assistance in the early morning hours than at any other time of the day.

The only motive strong enough to induce men to exercise the self control required by the religion of Jesus is love.

The key to happiness is to get the spirit and keep it.

Prayer is the means by which men communicate with God. Revelation is the means by which God communicates with men.

The whole problem is spirituality-not finances. Spiritually strong = welfare strong.

There is an interdependence between those who have and those who have not. The process of giving exalts the poor and humbles the rich. In the process, both are sanctified.

We will see the day when we live on what we produce.

Protect your finest hours for your greatest work. Bring on your craft and lift us with you.

I believe that art has been a vehicle for me that's been about enlightenment and expanding my own parameters, to give me courage to exercise the freedom that I have in life.

For ruining a fact, do not attack it, defend it badly.

Suicide is a crime of loneliness, and adulated people can be frighteningly alone. Intelligence does not help in these circumstances; brilliance is almost always profoundly isolating.

The Internet, and Google, and everything that goes along with that is awesome for some things, but not so awesome for other things. Because everything gets leaked nowadays.

I have musical ADD, so I like to switch things up.

A large portion of the weekend effects is explained by differences in the amount of time spent with friends or family between weekends and weekdays.

I think, charitable foundations are, in general, a good thing.

The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.

In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.