Retrench in everything that is bad and worthless, and improve in everything that is good and beautiful.

Every time you try to encourage someone else, your own soul will be flooded with a light and glow of peace and good cheer.

It is useless, sisters, for you to attempt the duties of your exalted callings . . . without the constant companionship of the Spirit of God.

Eight hours work, eight hours sleep, and eight hours recreation - Brigham Young

We must love one another. Only [by doing] so can our long years of toil and struggle reach full reward and we be crowned with life everlasting.

Fear of dying brings humans the greatest pain. Death is implicit in every form of joy. Of course, it also brings the end of pain.

The work of art is a stuffed crocodile.

My ambition in high school was to be a high school coach and teacher, and that's still what I do: teach.

Fear is the denomination of the Old Testament; belief is the denomination of the New.

Humility accepts that God places us in the right place at every single moment, not a moment to soon and not a moment too late.

Behavior which appears superficially correct but is intrinsically corrupt always irritates those who see below the surface.

You haven't taught until they've learned.

In a city like New York, any night can be completely different, even in a subtle way.

Good writing ... involves the agony of turning profoundly difficult thoughts into lucid form, then forcing them into the tight-fitting uniform of language, making them visible and clear.

The great appeal of the doctrine that the mind is a blank slate is the simple mathematical fact that zero equals zero.