"In the genius of the gospel plan there ultimately only has to be one witness, but that witness must be you. The testimony of others may initiate and nourish the desire for faith and testimony, but eventually every individual must find out for himself. None can permanently endure on borrowed light.
"It is a grand thing to know — and to know that you know — and that the light has not been borrowed from another."
"The moment of testimony realization — when you know that you know — is sweet and sublime. That testimony, if nurtured, will rest upon you as a mantle. When we see light, we are engulfed by it. Lights of understanding turn on within."
"When a testimony has been realized, there is a burning urge on the part of the possessor to bear the testimony to others. When Brigham Young left the waters of baptism, he said: 'The Spirit of the Lord was upon me, and I felt as though my bones would consume within me unless I spoke to the people ... the first discourse I ever delivered occupied over an hour. I opened my mouth and the Lord filled it.' As a fire will not burn, except the flame is revealed, a testimony cannot abide except it be expressed."
"There only has to be one witness, but it must be yourself."
