Thomas S. Monson Quotes

As there is no darkness in the moonlight. So is Mustafa (Muhammad), the well wisher, bright.

My choices, including those related to the day-to-day aspects of life, like the use of a modest car, are related to a spiritual discernment that responds to a need that arises from looking at things, at people and from reading the signs of the times. Discernment in the Lord guides me in my way of governing.

The scriptures teach us the ways of the Lord. They answer questions about how to live today. They bring a light and a spirit into our lives that we can get in no other way.

Every human being has, like Socrates, an attendant spirit; and wise are they who obey its signals. If it does not always tell us what to do, it always cautions us what not to do.

Every morning when I get up, I ask God what he wants me to do, ask him to lead me to the right people to help them.

With the right to vote, our choice should be for the Holy Spirit to lead us and guide us.

He who governs by his moral excellence may be compared to the Pole star which abides in its place while all other stars bow towards it.

'I have always asked God to guide me in each of my tasks.

He has learned that it is best to follow the light.

Conscience is that candle of the Lord which was not quite put out.

Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your conscience? The Magi heard the answer: "In Bethlehem of Judea; for so it is written by the prophet" (Mt 2: 5), and, enlightened by these words, they chose to press forward to the very end.

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.

Yes, there is a Divinity, one from which we must never turn aside for the guidance of our huge inward life and of the share we have as well in the life of all men. It is called the truth.

O God, how easily I make them happy! Give me strength to be always the light of their lives and so lead them to You!

If the blind put their hands in God's, they find their way more surely than those who see but have not faith or purpose.

The Bible is God's chart for you to steer by, to keep you from the bottom of the sea, and to show you where the harbor is, and how to reach it without running on rocks or bars.

Proceed with much prayer, and your way will be made plain.

Direct me gods, whose changes are all holy, To where it flickers deep in grass, the moly.

Until you get a guidance from above you cannot be sure; but to get this guidance it requires time and sadhana.

I cannot work; I cannot speak; I cannot live or love as I should, unless God's wisdom lights my path.

Look at this vigorous plant that lifts its head from the meadow, See how its leaves are turned to the north, as true as the magnet; This is the compass-flower, that the finger of God has planted Here in the houseless wild, to direct the traveller's journey. Over the sea-like, pathless, limitless waste of the desert, Such in the soul of man is faith.

It only makes sense to ask God for guidance in the context of a life committed to "seeking first the kingdom."

Scriptures are like packets of light that illuminate our minds and give place to guidance and inspiration from on high.