In our families we learn to appreciate the spiritual peace that comes from applying the principles of charity, of patience, sharing, integrity, kindness, generosity, self-control, and service. These are more than family values, sisters; these are the Lord’s way of life.

 Families bring us our greatest joys and sometimes our most wrenching heartaches. Families provide a learning environment, a schoolroom from which we never graduate but can always learn. In our families we learn to appreciate the spiritual peace that comes from applying the principles of charity, of patience, sharing, integrity, kindness, generosity, self-control, and service. These are more than family values, sisters; these are the Lord’s way of life.

Relief Society: A Balm in Gilead

October 1995

1990–1999

Elaine L. Jack

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1995/10/relief-society-a-balm-in-gilead?lang=eng&verse=#p