“Now, where a man in this church says, 'I don't want but one wife, I will live my religion with one,' he will perhaps be saved in the Celestial kingdom; but when he gets there he will not find himself in possession of any wife at all. He has had a talent that he has hid up. He will come forward and say, 'Here is that which thou gavest me, I have not wasted it, and here is the one talent,' and he will not enjoy it but it will be taken and given to those who have improved the talents they received, and he will find himself without any wife, and he will remain single forever and ever.” MenWantGivenEnjoyChurchForeverTakenWifeTalentPossessionSavedKingdomsCelestial Author:Brigham Young
“We therefore need to know the gifts given us by God, so that we may use them, for by these we shall be saved.” KnowsNeedsMayUseGivenSaved Book:The Ladder of Perfection Source: The Ladder of Perfection
“In the vocabulary of certain radical theorists contradictions are given the status of some deadly disease to which their opponents alone can succumb. But contradictions are the very stuff of life. If there had been a little dash of contradiction among the Gadarene swine some of them might have been saved from drowning.” IfsLittlesHas BeensMightCertainGivenStuffDiseaseSavedRadicalOpponentsContradictionVocabularyMight Have BeenDrowningTheoristsSwineDeadly Diseases Book:Anthills of the Savannah Source: Anthills of the Savannah
“It is said that this is a man's world, and sometimes, it is. For every casket girl that was saved, countless others were not. But women are more resilient than given credit for. And some women, well, let's just say their oppressors had better watch out. I, too, am resilient, and I'm tired of being oppressed.” MenWorldWellsSaidSometimesGirlGivenWatchesTiredCreditSavedOppressedOppressorsResilientI'm TiredCaskets Author:Rebecca
“What saved me then? Nothing but pregnancy. And each time after I had given birth to my work my life hung suspended by a thin thread.” GivenCreativityBirthSavedPregnancyThreadHungSuspended Author:Friedrich Nietzsche