From the holy scriptures, heaven-sent lift will be found for heaven-sent duties.

Even if everyone is doing it, wrong is never right

We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God, we barely blossom on earth; we fully flower in heaven.

A covenant made with God should be regarded not as restrictive but as protective.

Counting blessings is better than recounting problems

Keep studying the scriptures, keep doing the things that build your faith in Jesus Christ and then notice the wise choices you are naturally drawn to make

You can change. You can 'come unto Christ, and be perfected in him.'

Who are we? We are children of God. Our potential is unlimited. Our inheritance is sacred. May we always honor that heritage - in every thought and deed.

The temple endowment was given by revelation. Thus, it is best understood by revelation, prayerfully sought with a sincere heart.

While we are free to choose, once we have made those choices, we are tied to the consequences of those choices.

The Lord can only teach an inquiring mind.

I mean Buckingham Palace has never hired a professional public relations outfit let alone a Madison Avenue type and they would throw up their hands in horror at the very idea.

I'm mad at him, too, for being out late. But I'm not mad enough to take a chance on losing a ball game and possibly the pennant.

I think that the millions and millions of young Americans, young Americans, who have health care today, who wouldn't have had it if the president hadn't acted are better off.

Once comics become your life, you have to make decisions on what you spend your time on.

An enlightened person doesn't know it all. Enlightenment simply means walking beyond this and all worlds into nirvana, which is beyond knowledge and ignorance.

I never dated much. I dated one girl before my wife, and that was it.

Narrative stories are nothing but models of karma and causality - how one thing leads to another. And a lot of narrative fiction is about causality that we don't immediately understand.

Every lover's lament has an element of boasting.

If you do not clean up, you won't be stronger in the long run.

If the writer does not cry, the reader does not cry.