Neal A. Maxwell
“In urging members of the Church to be more sensitive to other people we seek to avoid the trap the Book of Mormon predicted when it spoke of an age when men and women would allow the needy ’to pass by you and notice them not.’ (Mormon 8:39.) The Book of Mormon speaks of the need for us to ’be familiar with all.’ (Jacob 2:17.) This is not simply a matter of economic familiarity and of imparting of our economic and material substance to others, for in an affluent society, food and clothing often are not people’s primary needs. We need to be familiar with others psychologically and spiritually—to know them well enough to know their other kinds of needs: spiritual, intellectual, and emotional. We should assist in the meeting of these needs.” (A More Excellent Way, p. 58)
Thomas S. Monson
"’Why do ye adorn yourselves with that which hath no life, and yet suffer the hungry, and the needy, and the naked, and the sick and the afflicted to pass by you, and notice them not?’ (Mormon 8:37-39.)
“The Master could be found mingling with the poor, the downtrodden, the oppressed, and the afflicted. He brought hope to the hopeless, strength to the weak, and freedom to the captive. He taught of the better life to come— even eternal life. This knowledge ever directs those who receive the divine injunction: ’Follow thou me.’ It guided Peter. It motivated Paul. It can determine our personal destiny.” (Pathways To Perfection, p. 83)