“Wisdom is defined as the quality of knowing what is true or right and knowing what to do about it,” Elder Oaks said.

Elder Oaks spoke of many instances in life where wisdom leads to happiness and understanding, whether it be in marriage, in school or in learning the gospel.

“Be wise and understand that the only way to happy resolution of disagreements in marriage is for each companion to be willing to meet the other 90 percent of the way,” Elder Oaks said. “Only by that approach can you be sure that your efforts will bridge the gap and bring you into harmony, hand-in-hand.”

Another subject that Elder Oaks encouraged students to be aware of was looking beyond the mark.

“If we neglect the words of plainness and look beyond the mark, we are starting down a path that often leads to a loss of commitment and sometimes to a loss of faith,” Elder Oaks said. “There is enough difficulty in following the words of plainness, without reaching out for things we have not been given and probably cannot understand.”

Elder Oaks also expressed the need for members of the Church to look for “simple but powerful things we can do in our own lives and in the teaching of our children, family members and associates in the Church.”

Elder Oaks shared an experience that he had as he set out to attend law school in Chicago. His mother told him that his father had never studied on Sundays during his graduate school years and had felt confident that the Lord would bless him for his decision.

“It was a new time in my life, and that simple new challenge caused me to do the same,” Elder Oaks said. “Study was my work, and the Lord had commanded us to labor for six days and rest on the seventh. I followed my mother’s simple teaching about that commandment, and I was richly blessed for it.”

Elder Oaks also addressed points taken from his talk “Dating verses Hanging Out,” printed in the June 2006 Ensign, originally given at a CES broadcast in Oakland, Calif.

“I urge each of you to experiment with commitment and to follow patterns that have the potential to lead to marriage. It isn’t difficult to see the gospel significance of that,” Elder Oaks said.