Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.
It is our duty to concentrate all our influence to make popular that which is sound and good, and unpopular that which is unsound.
We don't ask any people to throw away any good they have got; we only ask them to come and get more. What if all the world should embrace this Gospel? They would then see eye to eye, and the blessings of God would be poured out upon the people, which is the desire of my whole soul.
I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.
Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.
God hath not revealed anything to Joseph, but what he will make known unto the Twelve, and even the least Saint may know all things as fast as he is able to bear them.
The Book of Mormon is true, just what it purports to be, and for this testimony I expect to give an account in the day of judgment.
The head talks to the heart and the heart talks to the feet.
Books are menaced by books. Any excess of information produces silence.
Don't set your wit against a child.
Nothing is quite as satisfying and exhausting as teaching.