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Even as we seek to be meek and to avoid contention, we must not compromise or dilute our commitment to the truths we understand.
Dallin H. Oaks
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Dallin H. Oaks
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: August 12
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Our lives of service and sacrifice are the most appropriate expressions of our commitment to serve the Master and our fellowmen.
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Adversities are temporary. What is permanent is what we become by the way we react to them.
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We are cast as combatants in the war between truth and error. There is no middle ground. We must stand up for truth, even while we practice tolerance and respect for beliefs and ideas different from our own and for the people who hold them.
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Man's laws cannot make moral what God has declared immoral
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We are all preparing for things to come. That is the purpose of mortal life. ... We are all children of a Heavenly Father who has sent us to earth with the invitation to prepare for eternal life. Every choice, every experience, every repentance and reformation prepares us for what is to come.
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