When all the other children of Adam have had the privilege of receiving the Priesthood, and of coming into the kingdom of God, and of being redeemed ….

You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nea….

There is not a man or woman, who violates the covenants made with their God, that will not be required to pay the debt. The blood of Christ will neve….

He is our Father - the Father of our Spirits, and was once a man in mortal flesh as we are, and is now an exalted being..

Let us continue to improve until we are filled with the knowledge of the truth. We have yet much to learn..

'Mormonism' has made me all I am; and the grace, the power, and the wisdom of God will make me all that I ever will be, either in time or in eternity..

Miracles, or those extraordinary manifestations of the power of god, are not for the unbeliever; they are to console the Saints, and to strengthen an….

All intelligent beings who are crowned with crowns of glory, immortality, and eternal lives must pass through every ordeal appointed for intelligent ….

No matter what your circumstances are, whether you are in prosperity or in adversity, you can learn from every person, transaction, and circumstance ….

Can we fight against and subdue ourselves? That is the greatest difficulty we ever encountered, and the most arduous warfare we ever engaged in..

Love the giver more than the gift..

This is loving your neighbour as ourselves; if he needs help, help him; and if he wants salvation and it is necessary to spill his blood on the earth….

Of the time that is allotted to man here on the earth there is none to lose or waste. After suitable rest and relaxation there is not a day, hour or ….

I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands..

God himself is increasing and progressing in knowledge, power, and dominion, and will do so, worlds without end..

The founders of that ancient empire were robbers and women stealers, and made laws favoring monogamy in consequence of the scarcity of women among th….

We are doing well, notwithstanding all our failings and weaknesses; but the Lord would like to have us a little more diligent; he would like us to cl….

Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness; to make us of greater service to the human family..

Take a Nicodemus and put a Joseph Smith's spirit in him, and what do you have? Take a Da Vinci or a Michelangelo or a Shakespeare and give him a tota….

The Christian world, I discovered, was like the captain and crew of a vessel on the ocean without a compass, and tossed to and fro whithersoever the ….

I do not want "Mormonism" to become popular; I would not, if I could, make it as popular as the Roman Catholic Church is in Italy, or as the Church o….