Ok, this is admittedly not very accurate but what the heck, I got a pretty decent score. I think that is something. I don’t think anybody needs a badge to tell them they are smart though. On the other hand, every now and then, you need that measured assurance that you are not dumb. 
Elder Boyd K. Packer of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
Brigham Young University devotional, 15 October 1996
I speak to you today as a teacher. I reflect the influence of a teacher that I knew more than fifty years ago. As is often the case, the influence of that teacher did not center on the subject he taught. Dr. Schaefer was a professor of mathematics at Washington State University at Pullman, Washington. He was quite unimpressive in appearance. I don’t remember his first name, but I shall never forget the first thing he said the first day we met.
It was during World War II. We were in pilot training and had been sent to the university for what we were told would be a crash course in meteorology, weather, navigation, physics, aerodynamics, and other technical courses. We thought the title “Crash course” was not very encouraging to student pilots. The word intense would have been better.
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By Jay E. Jensen
In giving a Book of Mormon to a sincere seeker of truth, we provide an opportunity for him to put Moroni’s promise to the test and receive his own revelation from God.
Jay E. Jensen, “Why We Ask People to Read the Book of Mormon,” Ensign, Aug. 1984, 18
An experience, repeated many times during my time as mission president and again as branch president at the Missionary Training Center, confirmed for me the truth of Joseph Smith’s statement that the Book of Mormon “was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding its precepts, than by any other book.” (Introduction to the Book of Mormon, 1981 Edition.) From time to time, one of my missionaries would sit with me, and our interview would go something like this:
I came across this story when I was in the mission field, and though it did not have that much meaning to me then than it has in this stage in my life, I have shared it many times to friends of mine in the same age. I would like to post this story, hoping that it could shed some light on how one of the greatest thinkers the world has ever know views love and marriage.
Love And Marriage
One day, Plato asked his teacher, "What is love? How can I find it?" .His
teacher answered,
1. He loved and obeyed His father(Matthew 26:39; John 5:19-30)
2. He understood his calling and authority (John 10:7-15; 13:3)
3. He prayed and studied the scriptures (Matthew 14:23; Luke 4:4; 24:27)
4. He taught and performed the ordinances of salvation (John 3:22)
5. He taught the people about the holy spirit and urged them to heed to the Spirit’s prompting (John 14:16-26) Read the rest of this entry »