Some quotes I love by President Hinckley

"Each of you is a daughter of God. Reflect on all the wondrous meaning of that one paramount fact. He who is our Eternal Father has blessed you with miraculous powers of mind and body. He never intended that you should be less than the crowning glory of his creations."

-"Stand Strong against the Wiles of the World." Ensign 1995


Mr. Wallace: "Why must men only run the Church?"

President Hinckley: "Only men do not run the church. Men have their place in the Church. Men hold the priesthood offices of the Church. But women have a tremendous place in this Church. They have their own organization. It was started in 1842 by the Prophet Joseph Smith, called the Relief Society, because its initial purpose was to administer help to those in need. It was grown to be, I think, the largest women's organization in the world, with a membership of more than three million. They have their own offices,, their own presidency, their own board. That reaches down to the smallest unit of the Church everywhere in the world."

Mr. Wallace: "but they don't have the power."

President Hinckley: "They have office. They have responsibility. They have control of their organization."

M.r Wallace: "But you run it. The men run it. Look I'm not being..."

President Hicnkley: "The men hold the priesthood, yes. But my wife is my companion. In this Church the man neither walks ahead of his wife nor behind his wife but as her side. They are co-equals in this life in a great enterprise."

-"This Thing Was Not Done in a Corner." Ensign, 1996.



"I wish to say a few words on intellectualism--that quality that some say we deny in our work. A so-called scholar recently expressed the view that the Church is an enemy of intellectualism This strikes particularly at you people in your present circumstances. If he meant by intellectualism that branch of philosophy that teaches 'the doctrine that knowledge is wholly or chiefly derived from pure reason' and that 'reason is the final principle of reality,' then, yes, we are opposed to so narrow an interpretation as applicable to religion.

"Such an interpretation excludes the power of the Holy Spirit in speaking to and through man. Of course we believe in the cultivation of the mind. The emphasis in the classes you are taking in your various courses demands that cultivation of the mind and the use of its powers. But the intellect is not the only source of knowledge. There is a promise, given under the inspiration of the Almighty, set forth in these beautiful words: "God shall give unto you knowledge by his holy spirit, yea, by the unspeakable gift of the Holy Ghost."

-"Be Not Afraid, Only Believe" CES fireside 2001


I really loved these quotes and just wanted to publish them for my own record. I will probably forget about them if I didn't write them down. Thanks for indulging me :)