aphorisms to remember

I've had this on a little piece of paper for a long time, and thought I would post it. It's good to remind myself of these things sometimes...

Aphorisms to Remember
Neal A. Maxwell, "Jesus, The Perfect Mentor"

1. In times of darkness, remember there is a difference between passing local cloud cover and general darkness.

2. Signs, if they are not supported by the righteous life and the continued influence of the Holy Ghost, have a short shelf life.

3. Pure charity is most elegant when it is expressed personally and quietly and when it is not a ritual expression of an assignment.

4. Never mistake a fashionable tide for the sea itself. Though real and dangerous, the "gulf of misery" is not the entire ocean.

5. Firmly determine the direction in which you will face--toward the Lord--and then let the secular spinmeisters do their thing.

6. We cannot expect to live in a time when men's hearts will fail them except the faithful experience a few fibrillations themselves.

7. Though our view of eternity is reasonably clear, it is often our view of the next mile which may be obscured.

8. How can we expect to overcome the world if we are too insulated from its trials and challenges?

9. Adulation can be our ruination. (I had to look up the definition of "adulation", haha)

The talk itself is really great, and there is more to it than that, so I would recommend reading it. But there you go! G'night :)