Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth so virtue appears from good deeds and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
In almost everything that touches our everyday life on earth God is pleased when we're pleased. He wills that we be as free as birds to soar and sing our maker's praise without anxiety.
We were born to die and we die to live. As seedlings of God we barely blossom on earth we fully flower in heaven.
I have long known that it is part of God's plan for me to spend a little time with each of the most stupid people on earth.
I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth and the keystone of our religion and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts than by any other book.
Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values... God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible and the Bible only as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms.
A lot of people think Christianity is about always being perfect. It's actually the opposite of that. It's realizing that we're all humans and that's why God sent his Son to this earth - to save people.
Earth's crammed with heaven And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees takes off his shoes.
God put me on this earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind that I will never die.
I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.
Just as in earthly life lovers long for the moment when they are able to breathe forth their love for each other to let their souls blend in a soft whisper so the mystic longs for the moment when in prayer he can as it were creep into God.
My religion encompasses all religions. I believe in God I believe in the universe. I believe you are god I believe I am god I believe the earth is god and the universe is god. We're all god.
God had one son on earth without sin but never one without suffering.
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can and to fly away is to become like God as far as this is possible and to become like him is to become holy just and wise.
It is possible to become discouraged about the injustice we see everywhere. But God did not promise us that the world would be humane and just. He gives us the gift of life and allows us to choose the way we will use our limited time on earth. It is an awesome opportunity.
All men are by nature equal made all of the same earth by one Workman and however we deceive ourselves as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.