Friday, March 29, 2013

Not Justified





I really like Dallin Oaks a lot. He was president of BYU when I went there. He lived on campus and once I was walking past their home with its spacious front yard and many trees and out bounds this Great Dane dog... His head was  on the same level as mine and we looked at each other eye to eye. He was a gentle giant, harmless. He looked at me and turned and loped off. BYU President no longer live on campus but the house is still there now as a museum/visitor center.

Anyway..here is one of his quotes that I like:


"It is wrong to make statements of fact out of an evil motive,
even if the statements are true...One who focuses on faults, though they be true,
tears down a brother or sister...
Even though something is true,
 we are not justified in communicating it
to any and all persons at any and all times."

~Dallin H. Oaks (Ensign, Feb. 1987, p.69)

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