“Nothing is going to startle us more when we pass through the veil to the other side than to realize how well we know our Father and how familiar His face is to us.”

— Ezra Taft Benson

Variant: Nothing will surprise us more than when we get to heaven and see the Father and realize how well we know Him and how familiar His face is to us.

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President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1899–1994

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