The tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became.

True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.

Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels do not come on trivial errands.

What on earth have a man's name, degree, academic position, and of all things, opinions, to do with whether a thing is true?

Why do people feel guilty about TV? What is wrong with it? Just this: it shuts out all the wonderful things of which the mind is capable, leaving it drugged in a state of thoughtless stupor.

Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.

[Eve] sees through Satan's disquise of clever hypocrisy, identifies him, and exposes him for what he is...[ever since Satan has] had it in for women.

Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.

The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.

You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit

And stay, my dearstay...forever, as my quiet song, in my lilac dawn.

Sometimes you just need the comforts of home, the familiarity of your own family bed and only the pampering a mother can do.

I can't afford to pay them any other way.

We are never more than a belief away from our greatest love, deepest healing, and most profound miracles.

Save for your goals. Take note of what's coming your way - vacations, the holidays, what ever is going to cost you money - and start saving ahead of time so that you have a stash when the time comes.

When I'm in touch with the idea that there is a higher power and that there is, you know, other factors at work, it - it kind of quells my narcissism.

Don't try to skin your rabbit and keep it as a pet too.

Remember, the Devil loves to make us focus on the little that's wrong so we miss the big picture of all that's right.

Reading a book you are not enjoying is a torture not to be undertaken without a reward. I leave plays at the interval, too!