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In many cases, mathematics is an escape from reality. The mathematician finds his own monastic niche and happiness in pursuits that are disconnected from external affairs. Some practice it as if using a drug. Chess sometimes plays a similar role. In their unhappiness over the events of this world, some immerse themselves in a kind of self-sufficiency in mathematics. (Some have engaged in it for this reason alone.) Stanisław Marcin Ulam		Friday May 29, 2026
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About Howard William Hunter

	Howard William Hunter
	Howard William Hunter (November 14, 1907 - March 3, 1995) was the fourteenth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1994 and 1995. His nine month presidential tenure is the shortest in the history of the Church. Hunter was the first president of the LDS Church born in the 20th Century. Read More

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The first recorded instruction given to Adam after the Fall dealt with the eternal principle of work. The Lord said: 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.' (Gen. 3:19.) Our Heavenly Father loves us so completely that he has given us a commandment to work. This is one of the keys to eternal life. He knows that we will learn more, grow more, achieve more, serve more, and benefit more from a life of industry than from a life of ease.

We have every reason in time and eternity to rejoice and give thanks for the quality of our lives and the blessings we have been given.

If we will be true and faithful to our principles, committed to a life of honesty and integrity, then no king or contest or fiery furnace will be able to compromise us. For the success of the kingdom of God on earth, may we stand as witnesses for Him 'at all times and in all things, and in all places that we may be in, even until death.'

That which is worth while is seldom easy.

Perhaps no promise in life is more reassuring than that promise of divine assistance and spiritual guidance in times of need. It is a gift freely given from heaven, a gift that we need from our earliest youth through the very latest days of our lives.

We need a more peaceful world, growing out of more peaceful families and neighborhoods and communities. To secure and cultivate such peace, 'we must love others, even our enemies as well as our friends'

The gospel of Jesus Christ is not limited to a system of beliefs; it is a plan of action.

We need to remember that though we make our friends, God has made our neighborseverywhere. Love should have no boundary; we should have no narrow loyalties.

The ability to stand by one's principles, to live with integrity and faith according to one's beliefthat is what matters, that is the difference between a contribution and a commitment. That devotion to true principle in our individual lives, in our homes and families, and in all places that we meet and influence other peoplethat devotion is what God is ultimately requesting of us.

If you feel that ... what you do this year or in the years to come does not make you very famous, take heart. Most of the best people who ever lived werent very famous either.

What a glorious thing is life, surrounded by the beauties of the world in which we live.

The atonement of Jesus Christ is the supreme act of love, the supreme example of selfless concern for others.

To discipline ourselves through fasting brings us in tune with God, and fast day provides an occasion to set aside the temporal so that we might enjoy the higher qualities of the spiritual. As we fast on that day we learn and better understand the needs of those who are less fortunate.

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