"Obedience to God can be the very highest expression of independence.  Just think of giving to Him the one thing, the one gift, that He would never take.  Obedience — that which God will never take by force — He will accept when freely given.  He will then return to you freedom that you can hardly dream of — the freedom to feel and to know, the freedom to do, and the freedom to be, at least a thousand fold more than we offer him.  Strangely enough, the key to freedom is obedience."

Boyd K. Packer, President of the Quorum of Twelve Apostles, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. BYU Speeches of the Year, Provo, 7 Dec. 1971, p. 4, Quoted by Janet G. Lee, “Look Both Ways”, New Era, February 1994.