Quotes about Reflection

Periodic fasting can help clear up the mind and strengthen the body and the spirit.

One good yardstick as to whether a person might be the right one for you is this: in her presence, do you think your noblest thoughts, do you aspire to your finest deeds, do you wish you were better than you are?

All through my life the counsel to depend on prayer has been prized above almost any other advice I have ever received. It has become an integral part of me, an anchor, a constant source of strength and the basis of my knowledge of things divine.

The Lord said, 'Look unto me in every thought' (D&C 6:36). Looking unto the Lord every thought is the only possible way we can be the manner of men and women we ought to be

Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.

I remember riding in a taxi one afternoon between very tall buildings under a mauve and rosy sky; I began to bawl because I had everything I wanted and knew I would never be so happy again.

It appears that every man's insomnia is as different from his neighbour's as are their daytime hopes and aspirations.

At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; At 45 they are caves in which we hide.

When are we closest to God? When we see ourselves as we really are.

When undertaking marriage, everyone must be the judge of his own thoughts, and take counsel from himself.

We're all going to die. And we have that in common with all these great men of the past that are staring down at us.

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.