"Do you know how a touchstone was used? If someone wanted to know wheither gold was real or not, they'd rub that gold against the touchstone, and depending on wheither it left a mark or not, they'd know if it was real. The Bible is our touchstone. It's what we test ourselves against. We don't want to be iron-pirate. Fools gold." - Bro. Saia

"When teaching his disciples, Jesus didn't say, "You know what Jehovah, I just wanna leave. They're imbeciles. I can't take it anymore." - Bro. Saia

"Can you imagine the caterpillar sitting there all day, not wanting to change? We have to be willing to put on that new personality" - Bro. Saia

"If the brother goes overtime in the meeting for service, what might be running through your mind? I've got to remain calm. He's cutting into my time. The world's not going to end. Although I wish it would" - Bro. Saia

"Be honest. It's not going to go out of this room. But I do have a tape recorder!" - Bro. Saia

"Study is like eating. Meditation is like digestion. If we don't meditate, any spiritual food we take in becomes useless" - Bro. Saia

"If we took all the time we spend watching tv and other pursuits and put it toward spiritual things, what kind of a person would we be? Donald Trump, spiritually." - Bro. Saia

"A little 8 yr old boy was asked what his favorite thing in his room was. His answer? "My Bible" " - Bro. Saia

"I'm not going to touch that one" - Sis. Boyd on what to say when others gossip

"One sister was being teased about the fact that no matter how bad someone seemed to be, she always found something good in them. The man said, "I bet you could even find something good about Satan". The woman thought about it awhile and said "Well, he's a hard worker!" " - Bro. Saia

"The world has a way of making things look rosy" - Bro. Saia

"Attitudes are more contagious than diseases" - Bro. Quartez

"If material things become too important, they will hinder our service" - W.T 10/1/91 pg. 21

"I've never seen a hurse(sp?) pulling a trailer with everything a person owned. The rotten kids usually get it all" - Bro. Hendrix

"To have more, want less" - Sis. McSpadden

"I said to Jehovah, please help me! I'm made of clay. I crumble easily!" - Bro. Quartez

"Pulling a Joseph" - Bro. Hendrix on avoiding dangerous situations

"Don't worry so much about hurting somebody's feelings. Worry about hurting Jehovah" - Bro. Hendrix

"Blood splatters everywhere, and you think, oh well" - Bro. Hendrix on being desensitized

"Keep in mind you're nothing but animated mud" - Bro. Quartez

"Having self-respect is having self-worth" - Bro. Thompson

"Bathing is a sin for them now" - Sister Hogan on wordly fashion

"Get your mind off yourself" - Bro. Quartez

"Keep it simple" - Bro. Saia

"Don't ask embarrassing questions. "Are you a fornicator?" Don't ask them that." - Bro. Saia

"At the end of each study, ask them "What have you learned today that has helped you?" " - Bro. Saia

What to say to someone who will not give up smoking or tobacco use:

"Imagine you have children. They're at school and, unknown to you, they're being offered drugs. How would that make you feel? Would you warn your child about the dangers? How would you feel if your child took the drugs, even knowing how you felt about them? How does Jehovah feel about the use of tobacco? How would he feel if we continued to smoke?" - Bro. Saia

"When you invite someone to the Kingdom Hall, don't say everything is free of charge. How do the lights function? Georgia Power, not holy spirit." - Bro. Saia

"Don't say "I've studied with you for a year. You're still smoking. You're not coming to any of the meetings. It's time to terminate you!". Use tact" - Bro. Saia on discontinuing unproductive bible studies

"We're not here because someone's twisting our arm. It's a condition of the heart. Not a condition of the arm." - Bro. Hendrix

"We don't call on doors, we call on people. Wherever the people are, go" - Bro. Quartez

"How do we know we've stayed to long? As one young brother says "When they turn their face off". " - Bro. Hendrix

"What are the advantages to witnessing in a jail? Well, you have a captive audience." - Bro. Hendrix

"If you stop to kick every barking dog, you'll never get anything done" - J.F. Rutherford