We may have our private opinions but why should they be a bar to the meeting of hearts?
A man is never alone, not only because he is with himself and his own thoughts, but because he is with the Devil, who ever consorts with our solitude.
Were the happiness of the next world is as closely apprehended as the felicities of this, it were a martyrdom to live.
How shall we expect charity towards others, when we are uncharitable to ourselves?
I am in no way facetious, nor disposed for the mirth and galliardize of company, yet in one dream I can compose a whole Comedy, behold the action, apprehend the jests, and laugh myself awake at the conceits thereof.
Art is the perfection of nature,. . . nature is the art of God.
The service of love is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life, nor is there anything that will more deject his cool'd imagination, when he shall consider what an odd and unworthy piece of folly he hath committed.
The ordinary activities I find most compatible with contemplation are walking, baking bread, and doing laundry.
You get rich through luck. You get rich through crime. You get rich through fulfilling the needs of another. You can be as greedy as you like. If you can’t do one of those three things, you ain’t going to get any money.
The important questions focus on what matters most-Heavenly Father's plan and the Savior's Atonement.
Relationships are not tailor-made and people are flawed. You have to work around that and love the other person anyway. Our flaws are what make us unique.