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Every living soul among the Latter-day Saints that fasts two meals once a month will be benefited spiritually and be built up in the faith of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ - benefited spiritually in a wonderful way - and sufficient means will be in the hands of the bishops to take care of all the poor.

Fasting, coupled with mighty prayer, is powerful.

It is an eternal obligation toward the human being not to let him suffer from hunger when one has a chance of coming to his assistance.

We must master our egoism, and through this mastery, step outside ourselves and educate ourselves in giving. Fasting requires that we rediscover all that is alive around us, and reconcile ourselves with our environment.

The philosophy of fasting calls upon us to know ourselves, to master ourselves, and to discipline ourselves the better to free ourselves. To fast is to identify our dependencies, and free ourselves from them.

A fast is not a hunger strike. Fasting submits to God's commands. A hunger strike makes God submit to our demands.

There are many ways to serve.

And if strangers come to supper they shall be served with more according as they have need.

I know that those of us who go into church work are to regard ourselves as servants, are to offer our lives as a gift.

To eat in the same room where food is cooked - that is the way to thank the Lord for His abundance.