“Prayer can solve more problems, alleviate more suffering, prevent more transgression, and bring about greater peace and contentment in the human soul than can be obtained in any other way.”

American religious leader and author

Thomas Spencer Monson was an American religious leader and author, and the 16th president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He lived from 1927 to 2018 and spent much of his life in church leadership and public service. He first worked as a manager at the Deseret News, a Utah newspaper owned by the LDS Church. Later, he became one of the central figures in his faith, serving as church president and, among believers, as a prophet, seer, and revelator.