Learn to be satisfied. It is just as easy as being dissatisfied-and much more pleasant.

Everybody welcome-especially elders who smoke.

Inactives-those whose feet are not placed on the path which leads to eternal life.

Why do some people fall out of activity . . . for the same reason that they fall out of bed . . . they are not far enough in it.

The faults and shortcomings we see in the members of our own ward or branch are of less consequence to us than one of the smallest in ourselves.

You are a mousetrap of a friend, all soft cheese and hard springs

The only time I ever appeared in the Enquirer was for a piece about people who let their hair grow gray. I guess I’m not much of a wild child.

If our worship isn't visible, comprehensive and extravagant, the gospel we heard must have been tiny, empty and cheap.

The utility of living consists not in the length of days, but in the use of time; a man may have lived long, and yet lived but a little.

I regret the ending of our friendship and hope one day before we die, we'll make peace with each other . . . No rush.

He who feels that the vice of avarice has got hold of him, should not wish to observe fasts of supererogation, but to give alms.

For each show, we do maybe 15 versions before it goes on air. So I know every show microscopically.

I think it's hard to have a full-time job and write fiction, but for essays, you need to be in the world.

I think even if you're on a screen or you're in a play, it's always a group effort. It's not just the actors, it's the editor.

Common sense and nature will do a lot to make the pilgrimage of life not too difficult.