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"We can have eternal life if we want it, but only if there is nothing else we want more."
(Bruce C. Hafen, "The Atonement: All for All," Ensign, May 2004, 98)

"You have a choice. You can wring your hands and be consumed with concern for the future or choose to use the counsel the Lord has given tol ive with peace and happiness in a world a wash with evil. If you choose to concentrate on the dark side, this is what you will see. . . . Now the brighter side. Despite pockets of evil, the world overall is majestically beautiful, filled with many good and sincere people. God has provided a way to live in this world and not be contaminated by the degrading pressures evil agents spread throughout it. You can live a virtuous, productive,righteous life by following the plan of protection created by your Fatherin Heaven: His plan of happiness."
(Richard G. Scott, "How to Live Well amid Increasing Evil," Ensign, May 2004, 100)


"The Fall was not a disaster. It wasn't a mistake or an accident.It was a deliberate part of the plan of salvation. We are God's spirit'offspring,' sent to earth 'innocent' of Adam's transgression. Yet our Father's plan subjects us to temptation and misery in this fallen world as the price to comprehend authentic joy. Without tasting the bitter, we actually cannot understand the sweet. We require mortality's discipline and refinement as the 'next step in[our] development' toward becoming like our Father. But growth means growing pains. It also means learning from our mistakes in a continual process made possible by the Savior's grace, which He extends both during and 'after all we can do' (2 Nephi25:23)."
(Bruce C. Hafen, "The Atonement: All for All," Ensign, May 2004, 97)


"Marriage is meant to be and must be a loving, binding, harmoniousr elationship between a man and a woman. When a husband and a wife understand that the family is ordained of God and that marriage can befilled with promises and blessings extending into the eternities,separation and divorce would seldom be a consideration in the Latter-day Saint home. Couples would realize that the sacred ordinances and covenants made in the house of the Lord provide the means whereby they can return to the presence of God."
(W. Douglas Shumway, "Marriage and Family: Our Sacred Responsibility," Ensign, May 2004, 95)


"Marriage is the foundry for social order, the fountain of virtue, andthe foundation for eternal exaltation. Marriage has been divinely designated as an eternal and everlasting covenant (see D&C 132:19). Marriage is sanctified when it is cherished and honored in holiness. That union is not merely between husband and wife; it embraces a partnership with God (see Matthew 19:6). 'Husband and wife have a solemn responsibility to love and care for each other' ("The Family: AProclamation to the World," paragraph 6). Children born of that marital union are 'an heritage of the Lord' (Psalm 127:3). Marriage is but the beginning bud of family life; parenthood is its flower. And that bouquet becomes even more beautiful when graced with grandchildren. Families may become as eternal as the kingdom of God itself (see D&C132:19-20)."
(Russell M. Nelson, "Nurturing Marriage," Ensign, May 2006, 36-37)