Pornography Quotes

1.) "Real consequences start to accumulate as self-respect ebbs away, sweet relationships sour, marriages wither, and innocent victims begin to pile up. Finding that what they have been viewing no longer satisfies, they experiment with more extreme images. They slowly grow addicted even if they don’t know it or they deny it, and like David’s, their behavior deteriorates as their moral standards disintegrate." (L. Whitney Clayton, Blessed Are All the Pure in Heart, October 2007, http://www.lds.org/)

2.) "We are reminded in the Book of Mormon that chastity and virtue are precious above all things." (Thomas S. Monson, True to the Faith, April 2006, http://www.lds.org/)

3.) "Continued exposure leads to addiction that is almost impossible to break. Men, so very many, find they cannot leave it alone. Their energies and their interests are consumed in their dead-end pursuit of this raw and sleazy fare." (Gordon B. Hinckley, A Tragic Evil among Us, October 2004, http://www.lds.org/)

4.) "For many years our Church leaders have warned against the dangers of images and words intended to arouse sexual desires. Now the corrupting influence of pornography, produced and disseminated for commercial gain, is sweeping over our society like an avalanche of evil." (Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, April 2005, http://www.lds.org/)

5.) "Some involved in pornography apparently minimize its seriousness and continue to exercise the priesthood of God because they think no one will know of their involvement. But the user knows, brethren, and so does the Lord." (Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, April 2005, http://www.lds.org/)

6.) "Brethren, today’s popular entertainment often makes what is evil and wrong look enjoyable and right." (David E. Sorensen, You Can't Pet a Rattlesnake, April 2001, http://www.lds.org/)

7.) "It grows increasingly worse. It is like a raging storm, destroying individuals and families, utterly ruining what was once wholesome and beautiful. I speak of pornography in all of its manifestations." (Gordon B. Hinckley, A Tragic Evil among Us, October 2004, http://www.lds.org/)

8.) "Pornography will always repel the Spirit of Christ and will interrupt the communications between our Heavenly Father and His children and disrupt the tender relationship between husband and wife." (Boyde K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010, http://www.lds.org/)

9.) "Avoid any semblance of pornography. It will desensitize the spirit and erode the conscience. We are told in the Doctrine and Covenants, “That which doth not edify is not of God, and is darkness.” ⁵ Such is pornography." (Thomas S. Monson, True to the Faith, April 2006, http://www.lds.org/)

10.) "To be entrusted with the power to create life carries with it the greatest of joys and dangerous temptations." (Boyde K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2012, http://www.lds.org/)