“Let the people be led by the revelations of Jesus Christ, and the finger of God will be made manifest before them day by day in their progress to eternal happiness; for this is the privilege of the faithful.” PeopleMadeJesusChristProgressEternalJesus ChristFingersPrivilegeGods WillFaithfulRevelationsManifestExaltationEternal Happiness Book:Journal of Discourses Source: Journal of Discourses
“We have received too much from God to allow ourselves opportunities for unbelief. We have received too many gifts and privileges to allow a grumbling, murmuring heart to disqualify us of our destiny. In contrast, the thankful heart sees the best part of every situation. It sees problems and weaknesses as opportunities, struggles as refining tools, and sinners as saints in progress.” HeartProblemOpportunitySituationDestinyStruggleToo MuchProgressWeaknessToolsSaintPrivilegeSinnerContrastOur DestinyUnbeliefRefiningMurmuringThankful HeartGrumbling Author:Francis Frangipane
“Other thing we need to understand is that the financial power of the fossil fuel industry has so far prevented even any minor progress. They have a sweetheart deal unlike any other business on Earth: they're allowed to dispose of their waste for free, to use the atmosphere as an open sewer. And they will do all they can to defend that special privilege.” NeedsUseEarthDealsProgressSpecialIndustryWasteFinancialPrivilegeAtmosphereFuelMinorsFossilsFossil FuelSweetheartSewers Author:Bill McKibben
“I am happy to accept that badge of ambivalence if that means some progress in dismantling this false opposition: writers boldly using their privileges of free speech in the morally superior West versus pathetic wimps in repressive countries we don't like.” IfsMeanCountryAcceptingProgressSpeechWestPrivilegeSuperiorsOppositionFree SpeechVersusPatheticBadgesAmbivalenceWimps Author:Pankaj Mishra