There are no freelance Christians; there is no solo-flying to heaven.
As precious as life itself is our heritage of individual freedom, for man's free agency is a God-given gift.
I have but one thought in my heart for the young folk of the Church and that is that they be happy. I know of no other place than home where more happiness can be found in this life. It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home.
I never think of death: I am too busy thinking of life.
The peril of this century is spiritual apathy. As the body requires sunlight, good food, proper exercise and rest, so the spirit of man requires the sunlight of the Holy Spirit; proper exercise of the spiritual functions; the avoiding of evils that affect spiritual health, that are more ravaging in their effects than typhoid fever, pneumonia, or other diseases that attack the body.
The young man who closes the door behind him, who draws the curtains, and there in silence pleads with God for help, should first pour out his soul in gratitude for health, for friends, for loved ones, for the gospel, for the manifestations of God's existence. He should first count his many blessings and name them one by one.
This is the number one responsibility of the Latter-day Saints - to get in the struggle to preserve freedom. Everywhere that Communism succeeds, missionary work, temple work, everything the Church does, dies. Your number one responsibility is to preserve freedom.
Words are intermediary between thought and things. We express ourselves really not through words, which are only signs, but through what they signify - through things.
And now the herald lark Left his ground-nest, high tow'ring to descry The morn's approach, and greet her with his song.
You know, I think music is very interactive. It's a - it's a language.
My first writing jobs were writing Tom Arnold specials for HBO, so I love working there.