At UCLA I quickly learned the knack of getting grades, a craven surrender to custom, since grades had little to do with learning.

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

He was very religious he believed that he had a secret pact with God which exempted him from doing good in exchange for prayers and piety.

I need to tell you a story.'What

Life owes you nothing. You owe yourself everything.

Deeper than our instinct to live is our longing to be alive.

Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it.

I know from the middle distance I give off the look of being prolific, which is a funny compliment to receive.

How often have I met and disliked writers whose books I love; and conversely, hated the books and then wound up liking the writer? Too often.

I can't come on like a parent to these kids, if I do, I won't be able to have fun working with them. The good news is they all have parents. The younger ones, their parents by law have to be on set.

Is is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny.

What? do I love her, that I desire to hear her speak again, and feast upon her eyes