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“Lonely as God, and white as a winter moon, Mount Shasta starts up sudden and solitary from the heart of the great black forests of Northern California”

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Joaquin Miller

Joaquin Miller, born on September 8, 1837, was a renowned poet from California, USA. His poetry covered a wide range of subjects including nature, history, mythology, and philosophy, and was greatly appreciated by readers. more

“Generally there is in man a divinity which strives to push him onward and upward. We believe that this power within him is the spirit that comes from God. Man lived before he came to this earth, and he is here now to strive to perfect the spirit within. At sometime in his life, every man is conscious of a desire to come in touch with the Infinite. His spirit reaches out for God. This sense of feeling is universal, and all men ought to be, in deepest truth, engaged in the same great work—the search for and the development of spiritual peace and freedom.”

“I have but one thought in my heart for the young folk of the Church and that is that they be happy. I know of no other place than home where more happiness can be found in this life. It is possible to make home a bit of heaven; indeed, I picture heaven to be a continuation of the ideal home.”

Knows Heart Home Young Found Heaven Bits Church My Heart Ideals Folks This Life Continuation

Author:David O. McKay

“There is a sufficiency in the world for man's need but not for man's greed.”

“Of course, one of the main legitimate functions of thought has always been to help provide security, guaranteeing shelter and food for instance. However, this function went wrong when the principle source of insecurity came to be the operation of thought itself.”

Helping Courses Principles Security Source Function Instance Operations Insecurity Shelter

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