No matter how serious the trial, how deep the distress, how great the affliction, God will never desert us, He never has, and He never will.

I am firmly of the opinion that a large number of unmarried men, over the age of 24 years, is a dangerous element in any community.

It is true that some have greater power of resistance than others, but everyone has the power to close his heart against doubt, against darkness, against unbelief, against anger, against hatred, against jealousy, against malice, against envy. God has given this power unto all of us, and we can gain still greater power by calling upon Him for that which we lack. If it were not so, how could we be condemned for giving way to wrong influences?

After the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized, there were only two churches upon the earth. They were known respectively as the Church of the Lamb of God and Babylon. The various organizations which are called churches throughout Christendom, though differing in their creeds and organizations, have one common origin. They all belong to Babylon

If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him

I feel like saying 'Damn the Law.'

If I had not obeyed that command of God, concerning plural marriage, I believe that I would have been damned.