“Well, you may ask, how may I know when I am in love?. . . George Q. Morris [who later became a member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, gave this reply]: My mother once said that if you meet a ...”

“Happiness consists not of having, but of being; not of possessing, but of enjoying. It is a warm glow of the heart at peace with itself. A martyr at the stake may have happiness that a king on his ...”

“Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some period of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the Infinite. . . . There is something within him whic...”

“The purpose of the gospel is to make bad men good and good men better, and to change human nature.”

“The true purpose of life is the perfection of humanity through individual effort, under the guidance of God's inspiration. Real life is response to the best within us. To be alive only to appetite,...”

“True education does not consist merely in the acquiring of a few facts of science, history, literature, or art, but in the development of character.”

“Education doesnt make you happy. Nor does freedom. We dont become happy just because were free if we are. Or because weve been educated if we have. But because education may be the means by which...”

“Because I trust in the ever-changing climate of the heart. (At least, today I feel that way.) I think it is necessary to have many experiences for the sake of feeling something; for the sake of bei...”

“The past has no power over the present moment.”

“A school should not be a preparation for life. A school should be life.”

“Break the teacher certification monopoly so anyone with something valuable to teach can teach it. Nothing is more important than this.”

“Do not let the endless succession of small things crowd great ideals out of sight and out of mind.”

“Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have been able to teach them of charity, mercy and patience.”

“We want our children to become who they are--- and a developed person is, above all, free. But freedom as we define it doesn't mean doing what you want. Freedom means the ability to make choices th...”

“Education is a system. Learning is an ongoing every day process.”