There is no indispensable man.
The secret of masonry is to keep a secret.
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.
Husbands, recognize your wife's intelligence and her ability to counsel with you as a real partner regarding family plans, family activities, and family budgeting. Don't be stingy with your time or with your means. Give her the opportunity to grow intellectually, emotionally, and socially as well as spiritually.
I am the living death, a Memorial Day on wheels. I am your Yankee Doodle Dandy, your John Wayne come home, your Fourth of July firecracker exploding in the grave.
Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant. Of a teacher and a learner.
The poem, in a sense, is no more or less than a little machine for remembering itself. . . Poetry is therefore primarily a commemorative act.