Gordon B. Hinckley

“There were times, many of them, when Presidents Hinckley and Monson refused to move forward on an issue until they were sure they had received assent from an alert President Benson. Elder Oaks witnessed one such instance that occurred while the Twelve were enjoying a social function in President Benson’s apartment. ‘I knew that President [...]

“The Church is the great teacher and builder of values. Its precepts are designed to lead men and women along the way of immortality and eternal life, to make their lives more complete, more rich and happy whle moving through this vale of tears, and in preparing them for the beauties and wonders of that [...]

“Recognize pornography for what it is–a vicious brew of slime and sleaze, the partaking of which only leads to misery, degradation, and regret.  This Church expects you who have taken upon yourselves the name of the Lord Jesus Christ to walk in the sunlight of virtue and enjoy the strength, the freedom, the lift that [...]

“There is an ever-growing plague of pornography swirling about us. The producers and purveyors of smut are assiduously working a mine that yields them many millions in profit. Some of their products are artfully beguiling. They are designed to titilate and stimulate the baser instincts. Many a man who has partaken of forbidden fruit and [...]

“We do not succeed, I believe, until the Spirit of the Lord reaches down into the heart of the people and touches them with that conviction that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, the Firstborn of the Father, the Only Begotten in the flesh, He who gave His life for each of us. [...]

“We can never hold within ourselves the great blessings of light and truth which have come to us from the Almighty. Ours is an obligation, a serious responsibility to carry to the world not only the secular truth we acquire . . . but also the great good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ. [...]

“I have seen miracles in my time, my brothers and sisters.  The greatest miracle of all, I believe, is the transformation that comes into the life of a man or a woman who accepts the restored gospel of Jesus Christ and tries to live it in his or her life.” (Vacavill /Santa Rosa California Regional [...]

“While seated in front of my television screen watching the funeral of General Eisenhower, I reflected on the wonder of the quite man of Galilee, whose life and teachings have ever-increasing relevance in our time–as great a relevance, I would like to say, as in the day that he walked the earth.  In response to [...]

If there be any who nurture in their hearts the poisonous brew of enmity toward another, I plead with you to ask the Lord for strength to forgive. This expression of desire will be of the very substance of your repentance. It may not be easy, and it may not come quickly. But if you [...]

If there be any within the sound of my voice who have harbored grudges, who have let hatred develop in their hearts one toward another, I ask you to make the effort to turn around. Hatred always fails and bitterness always destroys, but “charity never faileth.” (1 Cor 13:8) (“‘Charity Never Faileth,’” Ensign, November 1981, [...]