No man is truly educated unless he knows where he came from, why he is here, and where he can expect to go in the next life.
Category Archive: Ezra Taft Benson
God loves us; the devil hates us. God wants us to have a fulness of joy as He has. The devil wants us to be miserable as he is. God gives us commandments to bless us. The devil would have us break these commandments to curse us.
Godly sorrow is a gift of the Spirit. It is a deep realization that our actions have offended our Father and our God. It is the sharp and keen awareness that our behavior caused the Savior, He who knew no sin, even the greatest of all, to endure agony and suffering.
It is a truism that children need more of Mother than of money.
Bad experience is a school that only fools keep going to.
Pride is ugly. It says, ‘If you succeed, I am a failure.’
The fact that a book or publication is popular does not necessarily make it of value.
Essentially, pride is a ‘my will’ rather than ‘thy will’ approach to life.
You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!
With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.