Joy is not an alternative to opposition; it is part of a compound that includes opposition.

If you have problems in your life, don’t assume there is something wrong with you.

The Savior’s gift of grace to us is not necessarily limited in time to ‘after’ all we can do. We may receive his grace before, during and after the time when we expend our own efforts

We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there is nothing else we want more.

Because of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, we can learn from our experience without being condemned by our experience.

The deep hurt is the mirror image of the deep joy that still awaits you.

Equal partnerships are not made in heaven-they are made on earth, one choice at a time, one conversation at a time, one threshold crossing at a time.

Marriage is by nature a covenant, Not just a private contract one may cancel at will.

One of the most conspicuous modes of escape is alcoholism, which is now a national catastrophe.

My experiences remind me that it's those black clouds that make the blue skies even more beautiful.

I dont write particularly to effect social change. I believe writing can do that, but thats not why I write.

He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.

When you get into a hotel room, you lock the door, and you know there is a secrecy, there is a luxury, there is fantasy. There is comfort. There is reassurance.

Abundance is the quality of life you live and quality of life you give to others.

An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.

The U.S. has already suffered a devastating attack on September 11, 2001, and may again become a target.

If love or non-violence be not the law of our being, the whole of my argument falls to pieces.

To have known how to change the past into a few saddened smiles-is this not to master the future?