The tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became.

In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star.

Wherever we look in the ancient world the past has been controlled, but nowhere more rigorously than in the history of the Christian church. The methods of control, wherever we find them, fall under three general heads which might be described as (a) the invention, (b) the destruction, and (c) the alteration of documents.

And the issue is never the merits of the evidence but always the jealous rivalry of the contestants to see which would be the official light unto the world. Right down to the present day we have been the spectators of a foolish contest between equally vain and bigoted rivals.

You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.

Every way of life produces its own environment and in turn is influenced by that environment.