Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?

If you love the truth, you can remember it.

If I had the choice of educating a boy or a girl, I would educate the girl. If you educate a boy, you educate one, but if you educate a girl, you educate a generation.

As to your families my counsel is, never lay down your authority to a wife or child, but treat them so kindly they will never want to leave you.

It is a poor, unwise and very imbecile people who cannot take care of themselves.

After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even the sons of God--are made Kings of kings and Lords of lords, they have the power then of propagating their species in spirit; and that is the first of their operations with regard to organizing a world. Power is then given to them to organize the elements, and then commence the organization of tabernacles.

I believe in sisters marrying brothers, and brothers having their sisters for wives... This is something pertaining to our marriage relation. The whole world will think what an awful thing it is. What an awful thing it would be if the Mormons should just say we believe in marrying brothers and sisters.