Events of human origin are uncertain, but all is regulated and governed by the incalculable power of God, inspiring us not through drunken fury nor by frantic movement, but through the influences of the stars.
I don't have the strength or wisdom to get through a single day without guidance and grace from God.
Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do.
The Holy Ghost brings back memories of what God has taught us. And one of the ways God teaches us is with his blessings; and so, if we choose to exercise faith, the Holy Ghost will bring God's kindnesses to our remembrance.
God's purpose is more important than our plans.
I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least.
It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God only.
Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven.
Sisters, do you realize the breadth and scope of your influence when you speak those things that come to your heart and mind as directed by the Spirit?
Why would anyone walk through life satisfied with the light from the candle of their own understanding when, by reaching out to our Heavenly Father, they could experience the bright sun of spiritual knowledge that would expand their minds with wisdom and fill their souls with joy?
When language was not transcendental enough to complete the meaning of a revelation, symbols were relied upon for heavenly teaching, and familiar images, chosen from the known, were made to mirror the unknown spiritual truth.
As preachers of the gospel of Jesus, do not expect worldly honors: these Jesus Christ neither took to himself, nor gave to his disciples.
Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.
Read the Bible for the salvation of your soul, not the solution to your problem.
The Lord never makes a mistake. One day, when we are in heaven, I'm sure we shall see the answers to the whys.
God never meant that man should scale the Heavens By strides of human wisdom. In his works, Though wondrous, he commands us in his word To seek him rather where his mercy shines.
The Divine of the Lord in heaven is love, for the reason that love is receptive of all things of heaven, such as peace, intelligence, wisdom and happiness.
The words of Christ are of more worth than the opinions of all the physicians in the universe.
I would like to think all our gifts and talents and abilities come from God.
The greatest desire of my heart was for the Lord to manifest His will concerning me.
This is the law of God by which He makes His way known to man and is paramount to all human control.
I have often talked with angels on this subject, and they have invariably declared that in heaven they are unable to divide the Divine into three, because they know and perceive that the Divine is One and this One is in the Lord.
The soul, cramped among the petty vexations of Earth, needs to keep its windows constantly open to the invigorating air of large and free ideas: and what thought is so grand as that of an ever-present God, in whom all that is vital in humanity breathes and grows?
But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.
In regards to this great Book [the Bible], I have but to say it is the best gift God has given to man. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this Book. But for it we could not know right from wrong. All things most desirable for man's welfare, here and hereafter, are found portrayed in it.
