A Quote by Boyd K. Packer

Most of what we acquire materially is found to not be worth what we must pay spiritually.

Boyd K. Packer

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Acquire Found Most Must Pay Spiritually Worth

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Boyd K. Packer
American - Author
September 10, 1924 - July 3, 2015

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The sum of the whole matter is this - our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually.

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The disastrous feature of our civilization is that it is far more developed materially than spiritually. Its balance is disturbed.

Albert Schweitzer

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Marilyn vos Savant

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Roger Babson

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Ralph Waldo Emerson

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