(8/12/01)
"The Book of Mormon prophets make it very clear that the Holy Ghost is willing to exert a very powerful influence in our lives when we are responsive to his promptings. Nephi, Mormon, and Ether explained that the Spirit strives with us to guide our lives on righteous paths (see 2 Ne. 26:11; Morm. 5:16; Ether 2:15). Moroni proclaimed that the Spirit persuades us to do good (see Ether 4:11–12). Amulek taught that the Holy Ghost contends with us to do that which is right (see Alma 34:38), and King Benjamin explained that the Holy Ghost entices us to be righteous (see Mosiah 3:19)."

Spencer J. Condie 
"Agency: The Gift of Choices," 
"Ensign," Sept. 1995, p. 21

(8/13/01)
"The Holy Ghost speaks with a voice that you feel more than you hear. It is described as a 'still small voice.' And while we speak of 'listening' to the whisperings of the Spirit, most often one describes a spiritual prompting by saying, 'I had a feeling...'."

Boyd K. Packer 
"Personal Revelation: The Gift, the Test, and the Promise," 
"Ensign," Nov. 1994, p. 60

(8/14/01)
"The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead, sent forth by God to reveal all needful things. He teaches and testifies with divine power and clarity. His witness may go unheard or unheeded, forsaken or denied, but it is never misunderstood. 'The Holy Ghost is a revelator' (Joseph Smith, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 328). That which is received of him has a more powerful effect upon the soul than anything else received in any other way. A millennium of experience through sight, sound, touch, taste, smell, and all the powers of the universe combined cannot approach the sublime and complete experience of one brief moment under the influence of the Holy Ghost."

Keith B. McMullin 
"Ye May Know," 
"Ensign," May 1996, p. 9

(8/15/01)
"'There is no other experience known to mortal man that can be compared with the testimony or witness of the Holy Ghost. It is as powerful as a two-edged sword and burns in the breast of man like a consuming fire. It destroys fear and doubt, leaving in their stead absolute unqualified, and incontrovertible knowledge that a principle or thing is true....'"

Loren C. Dunn (quoting Brigham Young) 
"Drink of the Pure Water," 
"Ensign," June 1971, p. 82

(8/16/01)
"The Holy Ghost bears witness of the truth and impresses upon the soul the reality of God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ so deeply that no earthly power or authority can separate him from that knowledge (see 2 Ne. 31:18)."

James E. Faust 
"A Witness at All Times and in All Places," 
"Ensign," Aug. 1996, p. 68