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.

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?

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

The Book of Mormon is an inexhaustible encyclopedia of knowledge.

Light of my heart is my spirit through which I created my universe, and I see the beauty of my sun, my moon and my dazzling stars.

Life is knowledge, livin it is Succes!

Life is all I have, it is enough!

If every community acts collectively, the city shall be clean.

I believe that Providence would never have allowed us to see the victory of the Movement if it had the intention after all to destroy us at the end.

I hate celebrities. I really hate them.

How does the poet transform his banal thoughts (are not most thoughts banal?) into such stunning forms, into beauty?

When they say laughter is healing, it absolutely is the truth.

I've learned not to put things in my mouth that are bad for me.