The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell.
Truth does not appease but inflames the curiosity.
We are looked upon by God as though we were in eternity; God dwells in eternity, and does not view things as we do.
Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not be true to the best interests and general welfare of his country.
Our nation, which possesses greater resources than any other, is rent, from center to circumference, with party strife, political intrigues, and sectional interest; our counselors are panic stricken, our legislators are astonished, and our senators are confounded.
How I do love to hear the wolves howl!
Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism.
Therefore let the Saints be diligent in building the Temple, and all houses which they have been, or shall hereafter be, commanded of God to build; and wait their time with patience in all meekness, faith, perseverance unto the end.
Where doubt is, there faith has no power.
Whatever principle of intelligence we attain in this life, it will rise with us in the resurrection.
Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent...
The things of God are of deep import; and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out.
I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.
Search your hearts, and see if you are like God. I have searched mine, and feel to repent of all my sins.
Heavenly Father is more liberal in His views, and boundless in His mercies, than we are ready to believe or receive.
Surely I have contemplated the things of God.
Mormons can testify whether I am willing to lay down my life for a Mormon; If it has been demonstrated that I have been willing to die for a Mormon I am bold to declare before heaven that I am just as ready to die for a Presbyterian, a baptist or any other denomination.
This society is not only to relieve the poor, but to save souls.
Every man who has a calling to minister to the inhabitants of the world was ordained to that very purpose in the Grand Council of heaven before this world was. I suppose I was ordained to this very office in that Grand Council.
There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter.