The happiest men and the happiest women that you know in the world are those who are conforming their lives to the teachings of the gospel of Jesus Christ. They are those who have the assurance of eternal life; they are those who understand the purpose of our being; they are those who realize that to seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, means for them all that men and women can enjoy in this life or in the life that is to come. – George Albert Smith, “Conference Report,” October 1927, Afternoon Meeting, p.48