There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life. – Ezra Taft Benson
An unvirtuous citizenry tend to elect representatives who will pander to their covetous lustings. – Ezra Taft Benson
The literal resurrection of every soul who has lived and died on earth is a certainty, and surely one should make careful preparation for this event. A glorious resurrection should be the goal of every man and woman, for resurrection will be a reality. – Ezra Taft Benson
We are eternal beings. We lived as intelligent spirits before this mortal life. We are now living part of eternity. Our mortal birth was not the beginning; death, which faces all of us, is not the end. – Ezra Taft Benson
Food production is just one part of the repeated emphasis that you store a provision of food which will last for at least a year wherever it is legally permissible to do so. – Ezra Taft Benson
One of the standards on which your happiness is based, now and in your future, is moral purity. – Ezra Taft Benson
We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor. – Ezra Taft Benson
If a man does not control his temper, it is a sad admission that he is not in control of his thoughts. – Ezra Taft Benson
I am grateful my own eternal companion served a mission in Hawaii before we were married in the Salt Lake Temple, and I am pleased that I have had three granddaughters serve full-time missions. – Ezra Taft Benson
I have seen what the days of tribulation can do to people. I have seen hunger stalk the streets of Europe. I have witnessed the appalling, emaciated shadows of human figures. I have seen women and children scavenge army garbage dumps for scraps of food. Those scenes and nameless faces cannot be erased from my memory. – Ezra Taft Benson
Communism introduced into the world a substitute for true religion. It is a counterfeit of the gospel plan. – Ezra Taft Benson
Our desires, be they spiritual or temporal, should be rooted in a love of the Lord. – Ezra Taft Benson
When obedience ceases to be an irritant and becomes our quest, in that moment God will endow us with power. – Ezra Taft Benson
Let your minds be filled with the goal of being like the Lord, and you will crowd out depressing thoughts as you anxiously seek to know Him and do His will. – Ezra Taft Benson
The undermining of the home and family is on the increase with the devil anxiously working to displace the father as the head of the home and create rebellion among the children. – Ezra Taft Benson
Students at universities are sometimes so filled with the doctrines of the world they begin to question the doctrines of the gospel. – Ezra Taft Benson
To lose yourself in righteous service to others can lift your sights and get your mind off personal problems, or at least put them in proper focus. – Ezra Taft Benson
Christ removed self as the force in His perfect life. It was, ‘Not my will, but thine be done.’ – Ezra Taft Benson
It is mother’s influence during the crucial formative years that forms a child’s basic character. Home is the place where a child learns faith, feels love, and thereby learns from mother’s loving example to choose righteousness. – Ezra Taft Benson
Our enmity toward God takes on many labels, such as rebellion, hard-heartedness, stiff-neckedness, unrepentant, puffed up, easily offended, and sign seekers. The proud wish God would agree with them. They aren’t interested in changing their opinions to agree with God’s. – Ezra Taft Benson
Most of us think of pride as self-centeredness, conceit, boastfulness, arrogance, or haughtiness. All of these are elements of the sin, but the heart, or core, is still missing. The central feature of pride is enmity – enmity toward God and enmity toward our fellowmen. – Ezra Taft Benson
When our Heavenly Father placed Adam and Eve on this earth, He did so with the purpose in mind of teaching them how to regain His presence. Our Father promised a Savior to redeem them from their fallen condition. – Ezra Taft Benson
Surely no child should fear his own father – especially a priesthood father. A father’s duty is to make his home a place of happiness and joy. – Ezra Taft Benson
Modesty in dress and language and deportment is a true mark of refinement and a hallmark of a virtuous Latter-day Saint woman. – Ezra Taft Benson