Pornography

"Don't accomodate any degree of temptation.  Prevent sin and avoid having to deal with its inevitable destruction.  So, turn it off!  Look away!  Avoid it at all costs.  Direct your thoughts in wholesome paths.  Remember your covenants and be faithful in temple attendance."
(Elder Dallin H. Oaks, Pornography, April 2005 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2005/04/pornography?lang=eng

"Above all, start by separating yourself from people, materials, and circumstances that will harm you.  As those battling something like alcoholism know, the pull of proximity can be fatal.  So too in moral matters.  Like Joseph in the presence of Potiphar's wife, just run- run as far away as you can get from whatever or whoever it is that beguiles you.  And please, when fleeting the scene of temptation, do not leave a forwarding address."
(Jeffrey R. Holland, Place No More for the Enemy of My Soul, April 2010 General Conference)
http://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/04/place-no-more-for-the-enemy-of-my-soul?lang=eng

"My beloved friends, under no cirumstances allow yourselves to become trapped in the viewing of pornography, one of the most effective of Satan's enticements.  And if you have allowed yourself to become involved in this behavior, cease now.  Seek the help you need to overcome and to change the direction of your life.  Take the steps necessary to get back on the strait and narrow, and then stay there."
(President Thomas S. Monson, Until We Meet Again, April 2009 General Conference)
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/04/until-we-meet-again?lang=eng

"The fruits of repentance are sweet.  Repentant converts find that the truths of the restored gospel govern their thoughts and deeds, shape their habits, and forge their character.  They are more resilient and able to deny themselves of all ungodliness.  Moreover, uncrontrolled appetite, addiction to pornography or harmful drugs, unbridled passion, carnal desire, and unrighteous pride are diminished with complete conversion to the Lord and a determination to serve Him and to emulate His example.  Virtue garnishes their thoughts, and self-confidence grows."
(Elder Russell M. Nelson, Repentance and Conversion, April 2007 General Conference)
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2007/04/repentance-and-conversion?lang=eng

"We have the capacity and the responsibility to stand as a bulwark between all we hold dear and the fatal contamination of the pornography beetle. May I suggest three specific steps in our battle plan:

First, a return to righteousness. An understanding of who we are and what God expects us to become will prompt us to pray—as individuals and as families. Such a return reveals the constant truth: 'Wickedness never was happiness' (Alma 41:10). Let not the evil one dissuade. We can yet be guided by that still small voice—unerring in its direction and all-powerful in its influence.

Second, a quest for the good life. I speak not of the fun life, the sophisticated life, the popular life. Rather, I urge each to seek eternal life—life everlasting with mother, father, brothers, sisters, husband, wife, sons, and daughters, forever and forever together.

Third, a pledge to wage and win the war against pernicious permissiveness. As we encounter that evil carrier, the pornography beetle, let our battle standard and that of our communities be taken from that famous ensign of early America, 'Don’t tread on me' (John Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, p. 1090)." (President Thomas S. Monson, Pornography - The Deadly Carrier, November 1979 Ensign)
http://www.lds.org/ensign/1979/11/pornography-the-deadly-carrier


"Satan has become a master at using the addictive power of pornography to limit individual capacity to be led by the Spirit. The onslaught of pornography in all of its vicious, corroding, destructive forms has caused great grief, suffering, heartache, and destroyed marriages. It is one of the most damning influences on earth."
(Elder Richard G. Scott, To Acquire Spiritual Guidance, October 2009 General Conference)
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/to-acquire-spiritual-guidance?lang=eng

"Medical research describes addiction as “a disease of the brain.” 4 This is true, but I believe that once Satan has someone in his grasp, it also becomes a disease of the spirit. But no matter what addictive cycle one is caught in, there is always hope. The prophet Lehi taught his sons this eternal truth: 'Wherefore, men are free according to the flesh; and all things are given them which are expedient unto man. And they are free to choose liberty and eternal life, through the great Mediator of all men, or to choose captivity and death, according to the captivity and power of the devil' (2 Nephi 2:27).

If anyone who is addicted has a desire to overcome, then there is a way to spiritual freedom—a way to escape from bondage—a way that is proven. It begins with prayer—sincere, fervent, and constant communication with the Creator of our spirits and bodies, our Heavenly Father. It is the same principle in breaking a bad habit or repenting from sin of any kind. The formula for having our heart, our body, our mind, and our spirit transformed is found in the scriptures."
(Elder M. Russell Ballard, O That Cunning Plan of the Evil One, October 2010 General Conference)
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/o-that-cunning-plan-of-the-evil-one?lang=eng

"With this priesthood comes a great obligation to be worthy of it. We cannot indulge in unclean thoughts. We must not partake of pornography. We must never be guilty of abuse of any kind. We must rise up above such things. 'Rise up, O men of God!' and put these things behind you, and the Lord will be your guide and stay."
(President Gordon B. Hinckley, Rise Up, O Men of God, October 2006 General Conference)
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2006/10/rise-up-o-men-of-god?lang=eng

"Pornography will always repel the Spirit of Christ and will interrupt the communications between our Heavenly Father and His children and disrupt the tender relationship between husband and wife.

The priesthood holds consummate power. It can protect you from the plague of pornography—and it is a plague—if you are succumbing to its influence. If one is obedient, the priesthood can show how to break a habit and even erase an addiction. Holders of the priesthood have that authority and should employ it to combat evil influences."
(President Boyd K. Packer, Cleansing the Inner Vessel, October 2010 General Conference
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/cleansing-the-inner-vessel?lang=eng

"In some cases, temptation may have the added force of potential or actual addiction. I am grateful that for an increasing number of people the Church can provide therapeutic help of various kinds to aid them in avoiding or coping with addictions. Even so, while therapy can support a person’s will, it cannot substitute for it. Always and ever, there must be an exercise of discipline—moral discipline founded on faith in God the Father and the Son and what They can achieve with us through the atoning grace of Jesus Christ. In Peter’s words, 'The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations' (2 Peter 2:9)."
(Elder D. Todd Christofferson, Moral Discipline, October 2009 General Conference)
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/2009/10/moral-discipline?lang=eng