- “…Our decisions here lay the foundation for what awaits us there.” (Gerald E. Melchin, Ensign, May 1994, 81)
- Doctrine and Covenants 128:15… And now, my dearly beloved brethren and sisters, let me assure you that these are principles in relation to the dead and the living that cannot be lightly passed over, as pertaining to our salvation. For their salvation is necessary and essential to our salvation, as Paul says concerning the fathers—that they without us cannot be made perfect—neither can we without our dead be made perfect.
- Enos 1: 27… And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest. And I rejoice in the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me, ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen.
- “Perhaps there are not stars in the sky but rather openings where our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy.” Charlie Brown
- “Just as there were parents to greet a newborn on earth, the scriptures teach that caring family members greet the spirits in paradise and assist them in the adjustments to a new life” Merrill J. Bateman, CR May 1995 p.13
- “As Joseph spoke, William wrote down as much of the sermon as he could in his diary. He was drawn to the profound truths Joseph shared and hungered to know more. William recorded Joseph’s teaching that the knowledge and intelligence people acquired in life rose with them in the Resurrection. If a person gains more knowledge in this life, through his diligence and obedience, than another. Joseph explained, he will have so much the advantage in the world to come.” History, Saints 1:40, United in an Everlasting Covenant