There is, however, a far more common ailment among us—and that is pride from the bottom looking up. It is manifest in so many ways, such as faultfinding, gossiping, backbiting, and murmuring, living beyond our means, envying, coveting, withholding gratitude and praise that might lift another, and being unforgiving and jealous.

— Ezra Taft Benson

There will always be those little minds who, out of vanity or intellectual display, will attempt to destroy faith in the very foundations of life.

— Ezra Taft Benson

The true scientist no longer attempts to disprove the pull of gravity, or the rotation of the earth, or the motion of heavenly bodies, or the sequence of the seasons, or man's need of food and water, or the function of the heart.

— Ezra Taft Benson

To love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength is all-consuming and all-encompassing. It is no lukewarm endeavor.

— Ezra Taft Benson

We are eternal beings. We lived as intelligent spirits before this mortal life. Furthermore, we are now living part of eternity. Our mortal birth was not the beginning; death, which faces all of us, is not the end.

— Ezra Taft Benson

We can choose to humble ourselves by conquering enmity toward our brothers and sisters, esteeming them as ourselves, and lifting them as high as or higher than we are.

— Ezra Taft Benson

We can choose to humble ourselves by receiving counsel and chastisement. We can choose to humble ourselves by forgiving those who have offended us. Furthermore, we can choose to humble ourselves by rendering selfless service. Furthermore, we can choose to humble ourselves by going on missions and preaching the word that can humble others. Furthermore, we can choose to humble ourselves by getting to the temple more frequently. Furthermore, we can choose to humble ourselves by confessing and forsaking our sins and being born of God. Furthermore, we can choose to humble ourselves by loving God, submitting our will to His, and putting Him first in our lives. Let us choose to be humble. We can do it. I know we can.

— Ezra Taft Benson

We must not lose hope. Hope is an anchor to the souls of men. Satan would have us cast away that anchor.

— Ezra Taft Benson

What a gift it would be to receive at Christmastime a greater knowledge of the Lord. What a gift it would be to share that knowledge with others.

— Ezra Taft Benson

When our children obey the Lord and go to the temple to receive their blessings and enter into the marriage covenant, they enter into the same order of the priesthood that God instituted in the very beginning with father Adam.

— Ezra Taft Benson