[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul.

Love the giver more than the gift.

Fear arises from the weakness of the flesh over which the devil has power.

If we lack confidence in each other, and be jealous of each other, our peace will be destroyed. If we cultivate the principles of unshaken confidence in each other, our joy will be full.

Our faith is concentrated in the Son of God, and through him in the Father; and the Holy Ghost is their minister to bring truths to our remembrance, to reveal new truths to us, and teach, guide, and direct the course of every mind, until we become perfected and prepared to go home, where we can see and converse with our Father in Heaven.

When the Lord fights the battles of the saints, he does it so effectually that nobody gets nervous but the enemy

I will here say to parents, that kind words and loving actions towards children, will subdue their uneducated nature a great deal better than the rod, or, in other words, than physical punishment.