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“One of the greatest evidences to me of the divinity of this work is that it teaches there is eter-
nal life on the other side, and that there will be a reunion there of the loved ones who have
known each other here. . . . The few years that we live here may be regarded as a time in which

we become acquainted, but, when we mingle in the other life, we will know each other better
than we have here.”
-George Albert Smith

“To most, there is something sinister and mysterious about this unwelcome visitor called death.
Perhaps it is a fear of the unknown which causes many to dread its coming. . . . [The Savior’s]
words to the grieving Martha and to His disciples today bring comfort to us: ‘I am the resurrec-
tion, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live.”’

-Thomas S. Monson

“Are you afraid of dying?”
“No more afraid than I was to be born.”

-Anonymous

“We treasure life, we love life, we cling to life, and we should. Life is a gift of God . . . and it
matters not whether we die young or old, for we shall go on living. Death will not be the end.
We will step across the threshold into a new phase of life. But as this has been a phase, so that
also will be a phase.”
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“If we are well prepared, death brings no terror. From an eternal perspective, death is premature
only for those who are not prepared to meet God.”

-Russell M. Nelson

“Because of Christ there is hope smiling brightly before you, and you need not worry too much
about sickness, death, poverty, or other afflictions. The Lord will take care of you. Your respon-
sibility is to keep the commandments, feast upon the words of Christ, and stay in the path to
your heavenly home.“

-Julie B. Beck