quotes tagged with 'creation' 
"Religion is essentially the art and the theory of the remaking of man. Man is not a finished creation."
The most radical influence of reductive science has been the virtually universal adoption of the idea that the world, its creatures, and all the parts of its creatures are machines--that is, that there is no difference between creature and artifice, birth and manufacture, thought and computation. Our language, wherever it is used, is now almost invariable conditioned by the assumption that fleshy bodies are machines full of mechanisms, fully compatible with the mechanisms of medicine, industry, and commerce; and that minds are computers fully compatible with electronic technology.
The plan of happiness requires the righteous union of male and female, man and woman, husband and wife. ( See D&C 130:2; D&C 131:2; 1 Cor. 11:11; Eph. 5:31.) Doctrines teach us how to respond to the compelling natural impulses which too often dominate how we behave.
A body patterned after the image of God was created for Adam, (See Moses 6:8–9) and he was introduced into the Garden (See Moses 3:8). At first, Adam was alone. He held the priesthood, (See Moses 6:67) but alone, he could not fulfill the purposes of his creation (See Moses 3:18).
No other man would do. Neither alone nor with other men could Adam progress. Nor could Eve with another woman. It was so then. It is so today.
Eve, an help meet, was created. Marriage was instituted, (See Moses 3:23–24) for Adam was commanded to cleave unto his wife [not just to a woman] and “to none else.” (D&C 42:22; emphasis added.)
Morning prayer is the spiritual creation of our day. (roughly)
Author: David A. Bednar, Source: http://faithpromotingrumor.wordpress.com/2007/04/25/elder-bedn...Saved by richardkmiller in creation prayer physical spiritual 8 months ago[save this] [permalink]Of all the creations of the Almighty, there is none more beautiful, none more inspiring than a lovely daughter of God who walks in virtue with an understanding of why she should do so, who honors and respects her body as a thing sacred and divine, who cultivates her mind and constantly enlarges the horizons of her understanding, who nurtures her spirit with everlasting truth.
Author: Gordon B. Hinckley, Source: unknownSaved by soeurane in virtue creation women learning 11 months ago[save this] [permalink]One year as we were preparing instructions for the newly called General Authorities, different members of the Twelve were assigned to prepare a statement on each of the important essential doctrines. One statement was given on the great plan of happiness. Years have passed and I cannot remember who had this assignment, but I have kept his statement in my binder. It explains what we're all seeking. It reads:
“Our Heavenly Father has made available to all His children the same plan, system, and grand design by which He himself became God. It is called the great plan of happiness, the plan of salvation, the gospel of Jesus Christ. It consists of infinite, eternal, absolute, unchanging principles. The plan is complete in every particular, capable of reaching without compulsion to every phase of man's existence from premortal life through mortality and to the resurrection of the body and into eternity. There is no condition of intelligence existing to which the plan cannot be applied if individuals willingly obey. There is no extraneous proviso, nothing to be added or taken away. Although individuals can be blessed through the gospel, the fullness is realized only in the family. The plan is the Father's. Jesus made it His by total obedience to the Father's will. The Creation, the Fall, and the Atonement are essential to the implementation and fulfillment of the plan.”
Author: L. Tom Perry, Source: http://speeches.byu.edu/htmlfiles/Perry_LTom_08_2002.htmlSaved by mlsscaress in obedience creation doctrine family atonement fall plan eternal exaltation infinite 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]Those who refuse as husbands and wives to have children are proving themselves already too small for the infinitude of God’s creative powers.
Author: Harold B. Lee, Source: Ye Are the Light of the World, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1974] p. 267Saved by cboyack in power creation children motherhood family procreation fatherhood 1 year ago[save this] [permalink]I believe that the Lord is anxious to put into our hands inventions of which we laymen have hardly had a glimpse.
Author: Spencer W. Kimball, Source: http://www.lds.org/portal/site/LDSOrg/menuitem.b12f9d18fae655b...Saved by rpage in creation invention creator 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]I’m lucky enough to be able to block out a lot of distractions and interruptions, and to spend an unusually large fraction of my working life in a state of flow. To the extent that I’m able to get a decent amount of quality work done, I tend to cite long periods of focused concentration as the reason why.
Author: Jon Udell, Source: http://blog.jonudell.net/2007/04/25/multitasking-tradeoffs-ind...Saved by richardkmiller in creation work creativity focus concentration flow 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve.
Author: Bryant S. Hinckley, Source: http://speeches.byu.edu/reader/reader.php?id=7709Saved by richardkmiller in achievement creation doubt criticism contribution skepticism 2 years ago[save this] [permalink]Can't find a good quote on creation? Try searching ScriptureTag!