Mormon Musings

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You may have the administration of angels, you may see many miracles; . . . but I claim that the gift of the Holy Ghost is the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon man.  (   The Discourses of Wilford Woodruff,  sel. G. Homer Durham [1946], 5. ) 

We're not doubting that God will do the best for us, we're wondering how painful the best will turn out to be. C.S. Lewis

“At the advent of danger there are always two voices that speak with equal force in the human heart: one very reasonably invites a man to consider the nature of the peril and the means of escaping it; the other, with a still greater show of reason, argues that it is too depressing and painful to think of the danger since it is not in man's power to foresee everything and avert the general march of events, and it is better therefore to shut one's eyes to the disagreeable until it actually comes, and to think instead of what is pleasant. When a man is alone he generally listens to the first voice; in the company of his fellow-men, to the second.” Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace

“I would rather trust in the living God than in any other power on earth.”  President John Taylor (   Deseret News Semi-Weekly,  June 10, 1884, 1. ) 

A young man who wishes to remain a sound atheist cannot be too careful of his reading. C.W. Lewis

“The minute a man stops supplicating God for His Spirit and direction, just so soon he starts out to become a stranger to Him and His works. When men stop praying for God's Spirit, they place confidence in their own unaided reason, and they gradually lose the Spirit of God.”  (  “Some Sentence Sermons,”  Improvement Era,  Aug. 1944, 481. ) 

“The gift of the Holy Ghost, if you consent, will guide and protect you and even correct your actions. It is a spiritual voice that comes into the mind as a thought or a feeling put into your heart. … It is not expected that you go through life without making mistakes, but you will not make a major mistake without first being warned by the promptings of the Spirit. This promise applies to all members of the Church.” President  Boyd K. Packer , President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, “Counsel to Youth,”  Liahona  and  Ensign,  Nov. 2011, 17–18.