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.

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

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.

A key to manifestation is that when the doors of opportunity open, you have to walk through them.

In friendship, we are all debtors. We all owe each other for a thousand small kindnesses, for little moments of grace in the chaos.

A bargain is something you don't need at a price you can't resist.

A cook's job in my opinion is to be creative and push the boundaries of their cuisine and never stop experimenting.

[My maternal grandmother ] was a teacher in London and elsewhere during the war, although the children she taught were not the "lost children" who feature in the novel - those come from my research.

Taking this view, it is possible to see financial markets as a laboratory for testing hypotheses, albeit not strictly scientific ones. The truth is, successful investing is a kind of alchemy.

There is nothing in this world as invisible as a monument

I am anxious to see what life is going to bring next.

My driving career is low, but musically, it's all pretty high. It's a test of patience, takes forever, but I guess that's the nature of the thing of life. I'm glad to be living the musical life.

Great griefs exhaust. They discourage us with life. The man into whom they enter feels something taken from him. In youth, their visit is sad; later on, it is ominous.