Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

I wanted to write a commentary on the Bible, to write about the Talmud, about celebration, about the great eternal subjects: love and happiness.

Let's put Christ back into Christmas.

Giving is a really big thing around Christmas, as well it should be. Christmas is about giving, and it all stems from the greatest gift the world has ever received - the gift of Jesus Christ.

So much of religion is exegesis. I would rather follow in the footprints of Christ than all of the dogma.

My understanding of the Scriptures has been made simple by the person of Christ.

Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song.

Everything is about looking for happiness and God. That was a sentiment shared by my dear friend Ronald Reagan.

Every year we celebrate the holy season of Advent, O God. Every year we pray those beautiful prayers of longing and waiting, and sing those lovely songs of hope and promise.

The gospel is a message of peace. Christianity is a system which, received and obeyed, would spread peace, harmony, and happiness throughout the earth.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not a religion of mourning and gloom.

Mark this, you that despise and oppose the Message of the Lord God that he sends by Women; What had become of the Redemption of the whole Body of Mankind, if they had not cause to believe the Message that the Lord Jesus sent by these Women

Who Needs Christ During Christmas? Nobody.

If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be—a Christian.

The existing governments of the world are the consequence of disobedience to the commands of God. But Christ came to bring men back to obedience by a new and living way.

We all need grace. We all need Christ.

The most important thing in my life is Christ.

May Christ be our joy, our confidence, our all. May we daily be made more like to Him, and more devoted to His service.

The religion of Jesus Christ is not ascetic, nor sour, nor gloomy, nor circumscribing. It is full of sweetness in the present and in promise.

Heaven would be hell to me without Christ.

A Christian is one who is invited... to join in the feast, to the joy of being saved, to the joy of being redeemed, to the joy of sharing life with Christ. This is a joy! You are called to a party!

When Christ was born, so was our hope.

A man may go to heaven without health, without riches, without honors, without learning, without friends; but he can never go there without Christ.

Christmas is a time to mark our progress through this earthly journey. Because of Christmas, this we know: Christ was born for us. He is love, and the plans he has for us always surpass our own.

There is one subject in religion, about which you can never know too much. That subject is Jesus Christ the Lord.

Seeing & savoring Jesus Christ is the most important seeing and savoring you'll ever do.