"The idea is not to do good because of the praise of men; but to do good because in doing good we develop godliness within us, and this being the case we shall become allied to godliness, which will in time become part and portion of our being."

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Source : Lorenzo Snow (1984). “The Teachings of Lorenzo Snow: Fifth President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints”, Bookcraft Pubs

Lorenzo Snow

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“It is only your habitual late riser who takes in the full flavor of Nature at those rare intervals when he gets up to go afishing. He brings virginal emotions and unsatiated eyes to the sparkling freshness of earth and stream and sky.”
“I make the music that I make because that's what naturally comes to me.”

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“...photography repeats itself unconsciously and unavoidably, producing stereotypes that then are repeated ad infinitum.”
“[On being deaf:] We can never get beyond the necessity of keeping in full view the worst and the best that can be made of our lot. The worst is, either to sink under the trial, or to be made callous by it. The best is, to be as wise as is possible under a great disability, and as happy as is possible under a great privation.”
“The worst of lusts is vanity.”
“Look at nature - look at birds, look at fish. Things that look good, work good. People don't get the message of ergonomics.”
“When rough times have fallen upon our state in the past, Texans have always responded with generosity and an eagerness to help. The compassionate response to the fires has proven that this community spirit is alive and well.”
“Substance must emanate from spirit and is nothing else than the record of the spirit's conception of itself finding expression in space and time.”

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