Evernote #3

Question 1

Again in the Prophet’s last sermon but one, delivered on the 12th of May, 1844, just about one month previous to his martyrdom he said:
“ ***And as soon as the law of the Gospel is obeyed here by their friends who act as proxy for them, the Lord has administrators there to set them free.”
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Question 2

no natural resource is more precious than time. These mortal moments matter more than we know. There are no idle hours; there are only idle people.

Answer 2

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Question 3

win, defeat, conquer, vanquish, overcome

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Question 4

President George Q. Cannon observed, much as did other early brethren, “If we could understand the glory we once had with our Father in Heaven, we would be discontented in dwelling in this condition of existence. We would pine for the home we left behind us with its glory and its beauty.”

Answer 4

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Question 5

Chances are that some of us wouLd do well to flee (more often than we do) those settings
in which Satan can so incessantly work upon us. By refusing to escape, we can place ourselves in circumstances where temptations could become more than we can bear. It is our obligation to get out of such circumstances.

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Question 6

there is the increasing presence of choice and talent-laden spirits sent now because of what each can add to the symphony of salvation. President George Q Cannon said these were reserved because they would have “the courage and determination to face the world” and because they would “honor” God “supremely” and would be “fearless” and “Obedient” to God “under all circumstances.”
—I am impressed , deeply impressed, with the youth and young adults in the Church, collectively. President Cannon’s statement simply underscores, prophetically , what so many of us see and feel in this regard .

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Question 7

intelligence -the ability to perceive truth and act upon it,

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Question 8

President Harold B Lee: All these rewards were seemingly promised~ or foreordained, before the world was. Surely these matters must have been determined by the kind of lives we had lived in that premortal spirit world. Some may question these assumptions, but at the same time they will
accept without any question the belief that each one of us will be judged when we leave
—this earth according to his or her deeds during our lives here in mortality. Isn’t it just as reasonable to believe that what we have received here in this earth life was given to each of us according to merits of our conduct before we came here?

Answer 8

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Question 9

He is a generous God, for while we are blessed only in terms of our obedience to
law, it seems clear that an ounce of obedience brings forth a bushel of blessings. That marvelous ratio tells us much about Father.

Answer 9

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Question 10

If the adversary can keep us -as he so often does -busy inventorying our frailties and
refusing to inventory our talents and qualities, then we will never discover what is in the warehouse of our soul . That’s where an outside auditor, a friend, can often help by confirming the presence of things commendable about us . Sometimes in such situations, we are truly surprised . More often, we thought a trait was there all along but have been reluctant to Iist it .

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Question 11

Our goals should stretch us bit by bit.

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Question 12

We can add to each other’s storehouse of self-esteem by giving deserved, specific commendation more often, remembering, too, that those who are breathless from going the second mile need deserved praise just as the fallen need to be lifted up.

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Question 13

counting our blessings is both healthy and invigorating.

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Question 14

Brigham young: What constitutes health, wealth, joy and peace? In the first place, good pure air is the greatest sustainer of animal life.

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Question 15

Read good books, and extract from them wisdom and understanding as much as you possibly can, aided by the Spirit of God .

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Question 16

.. it is essentially necessary to improve every moment of our time in some useful and profitable labour, and by frugality and honest care obtain property by cultivating the earth, raising useful animals. etc . and thus make ourselves wealthy and independent surrounding ourselves with everything to please the eye, gratify the taste and gladden the heart.

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Question 17

If a congregation wish to be instructed so as to understand alike and alike receive an increase of wisdom and knowledge, their min Evernote threeds must be intent on the subject before them. They must not suffer their thoughts to be roaming over the earth; they must not permit their minds to be scanning and traversing their every-day duties and avocations.

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Question 18

When men act upon the principles which wIll secure to ‘ them eternal salvation, they are sure of obtaining all their hearts’ desire, sooner or later; if it does not come today, it may come tomorrow; if it does not come in this time, It will in the next.

Answer 18

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Question 19

There is any amount of property and gold and silver in the earth and on the earth and the Lord gives to this one and that one, he wicked as well as the righteous -to see what they wiII do with it, but it all belongs to him.

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Question 20

Every improvement that we make not only adds to our comfort but to our wealth.

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Question 21

Beautify your gardens, your houses, your farms, beautify the city. This wilt make us happy and produce plenty. The earth is a good earth, the elements are good if we will use them for our own benefit in truth and righteousness . Then let us be content, and go to with our mights to make our selves healthy. weal thy , and beautiful. and preserve ourselves in the best possible manner, and live just as long as we can, and do all the good we can .

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Question 22

Let the people build good houses, plant good vineyards and orchards, make good roads, build beautiful cities in which may be found magnificent edifices for the convenience of the public, handsome streets sKirted with shade trees, fountains of water, crystal streams, and every tree, shrub and flower that will flourish in this climate, to make our mountain home a paradise and our hearts wells of gratitude to the God of Joseph, enjoying it all with thankful hearts, saying constantly, “not but thy will be done, 0 Father.”

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Question 23

This the greatest wealth we possess -to know how to direct our’ labor’s rightly, spending every hour advantageously for the benefit of our wives and children and neighbor’s.

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Question 24

Or the time that is allotted to man here on the earth, there is none to lose or to run to waste. After suitable rest and relaxation there is not a day, hour or minute that we should spend in idleness, but every minute of every day of our lives we should strive to improve our minds and to increase the faith of the Holy Gospel, in charity, patience, and good works, that we may grow in the knowledge of the truth as it is spoken and prophesied of and written about.

Answer 24

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Question 25

Unless you improve upon it, every correct principle advanced through the authority of the Holy Priesthood becomes to you a dead letter _ but if you have the (life) within you, you will grow and every true principle, power and manifestation that God gives you, you will improve upon and treasure up in your hearts.
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Question 26

every moment of human life should be devoted to doing good somewhere and in some way.

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Question 27

fInd if you can on the face of the earth a gentleman or lady, in the strict sense of the word, and you will find a man or woman that would border very closely on an angel. Every word that they speak will be seasoned with grace; every act of their lives would be as nigh as mortals can come to angels; nothing pertaining to them low, degrading or disgraceful. You find a gentleman and you will find a man who possesses a heart full of charity, faith and love, full of good works, whose hand is always open to do good to every creature. You find a lady and she is one who is ready to impart wisdom, knowledge, truth, and every virtuous and holy principle to her sisters and her fellow beings . These are the true lady and gentleman; but they are of a higher order than those we now call ladies and gentlemen.

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Question 28

If you are ever called upon to chasten a person, never chasten beyond the balm you have within you to bind up.

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Question 29

We have not sufficient wisdom, our minds are not filled with the knowledge and power of God. The spirit needs to contend with the flesh a little more until it shall be successful in subduing its passions, until the whole soul is brought into perfect harmony with the mind and will of God.

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Question 30

Kindness , love, affection are the best rod to use upon the refractory .

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Question 31

We should commence our labors of love and kindness with the family to which we belong; and then extend them to others.

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Question 32

You need not expect salvation, except you can administer the same salvation to others, both in precept and example. If you expect compassion from me, administer the same to me. If you wish kind words and kind treatment from me, give me the same blessing you desire yourself.

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Question 33

It is also a precious gift , that some people seem to be possessed of, to have knowledge enough not to talk until they can say something to advantage and benefit to themselves or others, or both .

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Question 34

A righteous person will never be discouraged, but will constantly contend against his evil passions.

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Question 35

Tile man, or the woman, that mainly looks after the fruit, after the luxuries of life, good food, fine appareI and at the same time professes to be a Latter-day Saint, if he does not get that spirit out of his heart, it win obtain a perfect victory over him; whereas he is required to obtain a victory over his lusts and over his unwise feelings.

Answer 35

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Question 36

Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on: you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently he starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of -throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were going to be made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace.

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Question 37

Every blessing the Lord proffers to his people is on conditions. These conditions are: “Obey my law, keep my commandments, walk in my ordmances, observe my statutes, love mercy, preserve the law~ that I have given to you inviolate, keep yourselves pure in the law, and then you
are entitled to these blessings, and not until them.

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Question 38

It is the fountain of all intelligence; it is to bring heaven to earth and exalt earth to heaven, to prepare all intelligence that God has placed in the hearts of the children of men -to mingle with the intelligence which dwells in eternity, and to elevate the mind above the trifling and frivolous objects of time, which tend down-ward to destruction. It frees the mind of man from
darkness and ignorance, gives him that intelligence that flows from heaven, and qualifies him to comprehend all things. This is the character of the religion we believe in.

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Question 39

Silence is the element in which great things Fashion themselves together; that at length they may emerge, full-formed and majestic, into the delights of life, which they are thenceforth to rule.

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Question 40

Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.

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Question 41

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature .

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Question 42

A happy family is but an earHer heaven.

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Question 43

Emerson says, “The one virtue in life is concentration. “

Question 44

The peacemakers are truly the children of God. They stand in direct opposition to the quarrelsome and contentious.

Answer 44

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Question 45

Someone else said that” success is the power to visualize the objective.”

Answer 45

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Question 46

George Bernard Shaw had a pretty good idea when he said that we “have no. more right to consume happiness without producing it than we do to consume wealth without producting it.”
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Question 47

It is what we are and what we radiate that affects the people around us.

Question 48

Health is a constantly changing multifaceted sensation with feelings of freshness, endurance, comfort, strength and performance capacity-with optimistic, reliable vigor, mental and emotional strength, and a strong life of the soul. Health consists of a rhythmic rise and fall, a kind of dance of life. It is not static but full of movement, and it has to be re-won, maintained and heightened daily, through the years and decades, up to highest old age. Health is not an average but a heightened norm, an individual’s highest achievement. It is the will become visible, the –

Question 49

If you have something that the Lord asks or expects you to do and you don’t know just how to proceed, do your best. Go in the direction that you ought to go; trust the Lord, give him a chance, and he will never fail you.

Answer 49

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Question 50

A cardinal principle of industrial management teaches: “When performance is measures, performance lmproves. When performance is measured and reported, the
rate of improvement accelerates.

Answer 50

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Question 51

I listened to President George F. Richards one time as he told of a dream. In the dream he saw the Savior. There came to him at the moment of that seeing such a feel ing of love, he could not describe it. It overpowered him, and he said that he made up his mind that if that was love of Christ, he was going to do aU he could to keep it
all his life and through all eternity.

Answer 51

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Question 52

Our homes radlate what we are, and that radiation comes from what we say and how we act in the home. No member of this Church, no husband or father, has the right to utter an oath in his home, or ever to express a cross word to his wife or to his children. By your ordination and your responsibility, you cannot do it as a man who holds the priesthood and be true to the spirit within you. You contribute to an ideal home by your character, controlling your passion,

Question 53

Homes are made permanent through love. Oh, then, let love abound. If you fee1 that you have not the love of those 1ittle boys and girls~ study to get it. Though you neglect some of the cattle~ though you fail to produce good crops~ ever study to hold your children’s love.

Answer 53

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Question 54

Work is a principle, a privilege, a blessing -not a curse -but an absolute essential, a physical and spiritual necessity. Much restlessness and difficulty on the part of young people comes because they have often been overly insulated from from challenging and meaningful assignments, with an overemphasis on leisure and on working less and less. Even if a person has all the wealth he wants, he still needs to work for the sake of his soul -and the –

Question 55

How blessed are the children whose fondest memories are those of a happy childhood and youth. Parents, take time to give your children these happy years and happy memories.

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Question 56

An indispensable element of any sincerely successful family life is the cultivation of the love affair between husband and wife.

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Question 57

• **our greatest possibility for expansion and development comes in the area of our talents, our virtues, and our abitities. These great personality powers are capable of the most fantastic multiplication.

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Question 58

In his significant parable of the Talents, Jesus told some interesting success stories about different people. Two doubled their talents; one buried and lost his. (see Matt. 25: 14-30). What tremendous people all of us could be if we were to develop the full power of our kindness, our righteousness, and our love.

Answer 58

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Question 59

The Lord announced the purpose of his own mission by saying: “I am come that they might have life aNd that they might have it more abundantly.” (John 10: 10) He expects us to develop that abundance and manifest it in all of the areas of our lives.

Answer 59

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Question 60

Excellence is never granted to man, but as a reward of labor. It argues, indeed, no small strength of mind to persevere in the habits of industry without the pleasure of perceiving those advantages, which, like the hand of a clock, while they make hourly approaches to their point, yet proceed so slowly as to escape observation.

Answer 60

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Question 61

• • • in delegating, Jesus did not make the assignment sound easy; rather, he made it sound exciting and challenging .

Answer 61

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Question 62

It is an eternal truth that as we study . whether our busject is spiritual or pertains more to things of this world . the knowledge we receive only prepares us for receiving more in that chosen field of endeavor . The fountain of knowledge is inexhaustible by mortal standards .

Answer 62

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Question 63

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he was poor; which are esteemed the worst parts of poverty.

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Question 64

He alone is a man, who can resist the genius of the age , the tone of fashion , with vigor ous simplicity and modest courage.

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Question 65

Those who attain to any excellence commonly spend life in some one single pursuit, for excellence is not often gained upon easier
terms .

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Question 66

I have never known a man who exempl tfied so completely the mastery of mind over matter whose will could so masterfully bring under subjection physical whims and desires . Per severance and self-mastery are qualities that wilt always be connoted with the name of Heber J. Gr ant.

Answer 66

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Question 67

Nothing raises the price of a blessing like its removal; whereas, it was its continuance which should have taught us its value.

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Question 68

There is something within him which urges him to rise above himself. to control his environment, to master the body and all things physical and live in a higher and more beautiful world.
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Question 69

The most real thing to me in all my existence is my thought.

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Question 70

The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example.
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Question 71

We can do more good by being good, than in any other way.

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Question 72

It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God For any blessing. is . that they should receive that blessing often and regularly.

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Question 73

It is easier to go six miles to hear a sermon, than to spend one quarter of an hour in meditating on it when I some home .

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Question 74

I hope the spirit of gratitude permeates an we do and say, for” truly the Lord delights to bless those who love and serve him.

Answer 74

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Question 75

PresIdent Joseph F . Smith said that three tests would come upon the Church from wlthin~ false educational ideas , sexual Impurity, and the praise of the world (especially from prominent individuals). Presumably , each test would bring its own variations . Pres . Smith said that of the three , maintaining sexual purity was the most vital: If purity of life is neglected, all other dangers set in upon us like the rivers of waters when the flood gates are opened .
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Question 76

We need to become more righteous and more abounding in the virtues that Peter enumerated (faith, knowledge, virtue, temperance, patience, godliness, brotherly kindness. and charity) . If we become more virtuous, we are given a stunning promise, namely, that we will then be increased in our “knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ .” (2 Peter 1:8)

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Question 77

Jesus once asked His followers on this hemisphere, Therefore, what manner of men ought ye to be?” He then gave the answer: “Verily I say unto you , even as I am.” (3 Nephi 27:27) If we are to be His people l we must be ever and ever more like Him . Only then can we be trusted with power, especially heavenly power.

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Question 78

seldom has the Lord been so direct as when He said that many do not learn tlthis one lesson - that the powers of heaven cannot be controlled nor handled only upon the principles of righteousness . (D&C 1:21 :34-36) Apparently , we have strong tendencies to forget this one lesson.
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Question 79

“Let your words tend to edify one another” (D&C 136:24)

Question 80

Our communications with each ot her need to be an appropr iate blend of commendation and where needed, counsel and, on occasion, correction .

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Question 81

Counsel is more apt to be received after I istening has occurred.
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Question 82

Each of us has also had that glorious experience of having people communicate with us in a commending way that gave us confirming hope and fresh perspective about ourselves .

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Question 83

We should , therefore , without being artifucial , regularly give deserved, specific praise. One of the reasons for doing this is that we are all so very conscious of our shortcomings that it takes a persistent pattern of appreciation to finally penetrate.

An autobiographical example of how commendation can be a sustaining force in our lives is a postscript , written by the author !s mission president, Floyed G . Eyre, over thirty years ago , that was added to a rather standard but thoughtful letter of release to my bishop. The encouraging sixteen words probably took President Eyre thirty seconds to write, but I have been running on them for thirty years, desiring, even now, to live up to that praise !

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Question 84

Further , we are sometimes too afraid of going out of organizational channels. We ought to read again and again, that story of the good Samaritan who crossed the street to help.

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Question 85

So often we can serve by bathing the wounded and bruised egos of others in the warm waters of deserved commendation .

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Question 86

Let us so live that we can be said to have really lived, remembering that only the righteous real ly and fully live .

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Question 87

…the tests given to us here are given not because God is in doubt as to the outcome, but because we need to grow in order to be able to serve with full effectiveness in the eternity to come . Thus the relentless love of our Father in heaven is such that in His omniscience , H e will not allow the cutting short some of the brief experiences we are having here . To do so would be to deprive us of everlasting experiences and great joy there .

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Question 88

Extraordinary truths can move us to extraordinary accomplishments!

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Question 89

The thoughts we think are like deposits made in a bank, and sooner or later they go through habit grooves and spring into action. To see how thought responds to the great law of habit, you might think of your mind as a plastic, pliable surface.

Each time you think a new thought, it cuts a groove in that surface. When you again think the same thought or one very much like it, it cuts the groove a little deeper, until it becomes like a wagon rut in a country road.

Once these thought grooves, or patterns, are established, our thoughts have a tendency to slip into them, whether they be good thought patterns or bad .

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Question 90

Somebody did a golden deed; Somebody proved a friend in need; Somebody sang a beautiful song; somebody smlled the whole day long;

somebody thought “‘Tls sweet to llve.” Sombody said “1’m glad to give”;

Somebody fought a valiant fight; somebody lived to shLeld the right;

Was that “somebody” you?

Question 91

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich; to study hard. think quietly, talk gently. act grandly; to listen to the stars and birds. to babes and sages, with open heart; to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never; in a word to let the spiritual unbidden and unconscious. grow up through the common.
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Question 92

The world’s wisest men, the great thinkers and philosophers of the past. . . lived lives of Spartan simpliity .

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Question 93

Life consists in what a man is thinking of
all day.

Question 94

A happy childhood is one of the best gfts that parents have it in their power to bestow.

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Question 95

Today I have neglected my writing. The voice of a little girl calling to me, “Come out and play” drew me from my papers and books . Was it not the final purpose of my toil that I s hould be free to frolic with her, and spend unharassed hours with the one who had given her to me? And so we walked and ran and laughed together, and fell in the tall grass, and hid among the trees; and I was young again.
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