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“We have been blessed with much knowledge by revelation from God which, in some part, the world lacks. But there is an incomprehensibly greater part of truth which we must yet discover. Our revealed truth should leave us stricken with the knowledge of how little we really know.”
-Hugh B. Brown, “An Eternal Quest – Freedom of the Mind,” BYU Speeches, May, 1969
Daeruin wrote:mackay11 wrote:I need to spend some time collating this and the google doc
What do you mean by collating? Personally, I would love to have these quotes organized by topics or keyword tags somehow, so I could find them easier. There are some really awesome ones in here.Thanks. I’ve put them all into 4 broad themes here:
It’s only a google doc, so if anyone knows a software/site that is better I’d happily have another go and regrouping them.
For those whose friends/family avoid non-LDS material, this is a good one: Quote:
“We need to develop the capacity to form judgments of our own about the value of ideas, opportunities, or people who may come into our lives.We won’t always have the security of knowing whether a certain idea is “Church approved,” because new ideas don’t always come along with little tags attached to them saying whether they have been reviewed at Church headquarters.
Whether in the form of music, books, friends, or opportunities to serve, there is much that is lovely, of good report, and praiseworthy that is not the subject of detailed discussion in Church manuals or courses of instruction.
Those who will not risk exposure to experiences that are not obviously related to some Church word or program will, I believe, live less abundant and meaningful lives than the Lord intends.
We must develop sufficient independence of judgment and maturity of perspective that we are prepared to handle the shafts and whirlwinds of adversity and contradiction that may come to us.
When those times come, we cannot be living on borrowed light. We should not be deceived by the clear-cut labels others may use to describe circumstances that are, in fact, not so clear.
Our encounters with reality and disappointment are, actually, vital stages in the development of our maturity and understanding.”
Elder Bruce Hafen, “On Dealing with Uncertainty” Ensign July 1979.
This was discussed in the ‘e cigarettes’ thread, but I wanted to archive it for future reference. Quote:1 THESSALONIANS 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Footnote (in the LDS scriptures): 22 b appearance: GR kinds.
So the scripture should read “Abstain from all kinds of evil.” It does not mean to avoid things that are not evil but appear to be. If it’s not evil, don’t abstain from it.
http://www.lds.org/scriptures/nt/1-thes/5.22?lang=eng The greek word is “eidos.” In today’s speech “kind” is a better word. [Admin Note: …meaning “form,” “essence,” “type,” or “species”]
22 απο παντος ειδους πονηρου απεχεσθε
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Thess%20%205:22&version=TR1550 This blog is worth a read and reminds me that it’s not just Mormons who have a range of perspectives:
http://www.fundamentallyreformed.com/2010/05/05/the-real-meaning-of-1-thessalonians-5-22/ President Hinkley on receiving revelation: Quote:
RB: As the world leader of the the Church, how are you in touch with God? Can you explain that for me?GBH: I pray. I pray to Him. Night and morning. I speak with Him. I think He hears my prayers. As He hears the prayers of others. I think He answers them.
RB: But more than that, because you’re leader of the Church. Do you have a special connection?
GBH: I have a special relationship in terms of the Church as an institution. Yes.
RB: And you receive……..
GBH: For the entire Church.
RB: You receive?
GBH: Now we don’t need a lot of continuing revelation. We have a great, basic reservoir of revelation. But if a problem arises, as it does occasionally, a vexatious thing with which we have to deal, we go to the Lord in prayer. We discuss it as a First Presidency and as a Council of the Twelve Apostles. We pray about it and then comes the whisperings of a still small voice. And we know the direction we should take and we proceed accordingly.
I might have done this one already. Quote:“Now all of that is behind me.’ No, there is much more ahead than there is behind. We live in a world where knowledge is developing at an ever-accelerating rate. Drink deeply from this ever-springing well of wisdom and human experience. If you should stop now, you will only stunt your intellectual and spiritual growth. Keep everlastingly at it. Read. Read. Read. Read the word of God in sacred books of scripture. Read from the great literature of the ages. Read what is being said in our day and time and what will be said in the future.”
BYU Commencement Address, April 27, 1995
Quote:“Please encourage your families, your quorum members, everyone to learn and become better educated. If formal education is not available, do not allow that to prevent you from acquiring all the knowledge you can. Under such circumstances, the best books, in a sense, can become your “university”—a classroom that is always open and admits all who apply. Strive to increase your knowledge of all that is “virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy.” Seek knowledge “by study and also by faith.”
Elder Uchtdorf
General Conference, Oct. 2009
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/print/2009/10/two-principles-for-any-economy?lang=eng Joseph Fielding Smith was called as an apostle in 1910. In 1948 he said: Quote:
I did not live in the days of our Savior; he has not come to me in person. I have not beheld him. His Father and he have not felt it necessary to grant me such a great blessing as this. But it is not necessary. I have felt his presence. I know that the Holy Spirit has enlightened my mind and revealed him unto me, so that I do love my Redeemer, I hope, and feel it is true, better than everything else in this life. I would not have it otherwise.
Quote:There was one good man, Jesus. Many think a prophet must be a great deal better than any body else… I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm and [is attentive to] administering to the poor and dividing his substance, than the long smoothed faced hypocrites.
I don’t want you to think I am very righteous, for I am not very righteous. God judgeth men according to the light he gives them.
Joseph Smith
Sermon Delivered on 21 May 1843
http://signaturebookslibrary.org/?p=9581 Quoted in 1987 Ensign:
Quote:“Christ was condemned by the righteous Jews because he took sinners into his society. He took them upon the principle that they repented of their sins. … The nearer we get to our Heavenly Father, the more are we disposed to look with compassion on perishing souls to take them upon our shoulders and cast their sins behind our back. … There should be no license for sin, but mercy should go hand in hand with reproof. … You must repent and get the love of God.”
Joseph Smith
History of the Church, 5:24
Quote:Any religious group that values purity and morality must deal with the problem of clannishness. However, clannishness can be largely avoided if the members of the group have a vigorous concern to share. There is a big difference between reaching out and shutting out—and Jesus steadily opposed every hint of the latter.
Richard Lloyd Anderson, “Parables of Mercy,” Ensign, Feb 1987, 20
Quote:“Don’t be limited in your views with regard to your neighbors’ virtues, but be limited towards your own virtues; and do not think yourselves more righteous than others. You must enlarge your souls toward others if you would do like Jesus. … As you increase in innocence and virtue, as you increase in goodness, let your hearts expand—let them be enlarged towards others. You must be longsuffering and bear with the faults and errors of mankind. How precious are the souls of man!”
Joseph Smith
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It is not enough just to live, just to survive. It is incumbent on each of us to equip ourselves to do something worthwhile in society – to acquire more and more light, so that our personal light can help illuminate the darkened world.
Gordon B. Hinkley
Standing for Something, p.67
James E. Talmage wrote:Yet revelation is not given to save man from self effort; if he want knowledge let him ask of God, and prove himself worthy of the desired gift by his own faithful search. Such are the teachings of our Church. The leaders amongst us, those who are acknowledged as prophets and revelators to the people, are not heard in authoritative denunciation of the teachings of science. Yet under the freedom allowed by our liberal Church organization the lay speaker is prone to indulge in unguarded criticism, and the undiscriminating hearer is apt to regard such as the teachings of the Church. The scientist in his self-denying earnest labors is a true child of God; as he is strengthened spiritually will his work be the better. The scientific spirit is divine.
The Methods and Motives of Science, by Dr. James E. Talmage, Professor of Geology at the University of Utah. This address was delivered in the Logan Temple about 12 years before he became an apostle.
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