I think you’d be as aware as I am that that we have many people who are members of the church who do not have some burning conviction as to its origins, who have some other feeling about it that is not as committed to foundational statements and the premises of Mormonism. But we’re not going to invite somebody out of the church over that any more than we would anything else about degrees of belief or steps of hope or steps of conviction. … We would say: “This is the way I see it, and this is the faith I have; this is the foundation on which I’m going forward. If I can help you work toward that I’d be glad to, but I don’t love you less; I don’t distance you more; I don’t say you’re unacceptable to me as a person or even as a Latter-day Saint if you can’t make that step or move to the beat of that drum.” …

Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes.

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.

There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.

In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then beleive them to be true.

I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.

However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.