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Teach by doing whenever you can, and only fall back upon words when doing it is out of the question. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
I live neither in the past nor in the future. I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can… — Igor Stravinsky
The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this… — John Trudell
Revelation need not all come at once. It may be incremental. 'Saith the Lord God: I will give unto the children of men line upon… — Russell M. Nelson
The full flower of divine love and our greatest blessings from that love are conditional-predicated upon our obedience to eternal law. I pray that we… — Russell M. Nelson
Spirituality yields two fruits. The first in inspiration to know what to do. The second is power, or the capacity to do it. These two… — Richard G. Scott
Like most things of great worth, knowledge which is of eternal value comes only through personal prayer and pondering. These, joined with fasting and scripture… — Boyd K. Packer
When we believe or say we have been offended, we usually mean we feel insulted, mistreated, snubbed, or disrespected. And certainly clumsy, embarrassing, unprincipled, and… — David A. Bednar
For many of us, conversion is an ongoing process and not a onetime event that results from a powerful or dramatic experience. Line upon line… — David A. Bednar
This Sabbath day has been designated as a day of thanksgiving, a day of gratitude-even a day of prayer. We pause, we ponder, we reflect… — Thomas S. Monson
Now, some of you may be shy by nature, perhaps feeling yourselves inadequate to respond affirmatively to a calling. Remember that this work is not… — Thomas S. Monson
For as long as (the Founding Fathers of this nation) lived and led, they acknowledged the hand of the Almighty in the affairs of this… — Gordon B. Hinckley
I see a wonderful future in a very uncertain world. If we will cling to our values, if we will build on our inheritance, if… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The more we incline our hearts and minds toward God, the more heavenly light distills upon our souls. Gradually, things that before seemed hazy, dark,… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
Christmas is a time for remembering the Son of God and renewing our determination to take upon us His name. It is a time to… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
I think innocence is something that adults project upon children that's not really there. — Donna Tartt
Pornographic or erotic stories and pictures are worse than filthy or polluted food. The body has defenses to rid itself of unwholesome food. With a… — Dallin H. Oaks
We have only to believe. And the more threatening and irreducible reality appears, the more firmly and desperately we must believe. Then, little by little,… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Always 'duty.' I am sick of the word. They are a lot of old blockheads in flannel vests and of old women with foot-warmers and… — Gustave Flaubert
No sooner had the warm liquid mixed with the crumbs touched my palate than a shudder ran through me and I stopped, intent upon the… — Marcel Proust
Certain periods in history suddenly lift humanity to an observation point where a clear light falls upon a world previously dark. — Anne Sullivan Macy
The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . . . Nations of dependent Indians,… — Edward Everett
Stimuli, however, do not act upon an indifferent organism. — Jerome Bruner
Right action tends to be defined in terms of general individual rights and standards that have been critically examined and agreed upon by the whole… — Lawrence Kohlberg
All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I’d be standing on the breadline… — Lenny Bruce

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