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

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 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.

It has always seemed somewhat paradoxical to me that we must constantly have the Lord command us to do those things which are for our own good.

I am not afraid of death, which after all can't be far away. What does frighten me, though, is the halfway stage.

It is in your hands to make life miserable or happy. No religion, spiritual leaders or knowledge will ever make you fully satisfied.

We are all ashamed in one way or another. Who among us is not stained by the past?

One thing everybody in the world wants and needs is friendliness.

Never order food in excess of your body weight.

To live is to hurt others, and through others, to hurt oneself. Cruel earth! How can we manage not to touch anything? To find what ultimate exile?

Margaret Kochamma's tiny, ordered life relinquished itself to this truly baroque bedlam with the quiet gasp of a warm body entering a chilly sea.

All the fantasy writers I know have a way of dwelling on their own fears and phobias. A writer spends his life being his own psychiatrist.

Trump's election means that you have a US government that will no longer do one thing and say another.

I do think sometimes people get morally superior without understanding situations.