Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition.

What on earth have a man's name, degree, academic position, and of all things, opinions, to do with whether a thing is true?

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

The unique value of Christianity lies in those things which would never in a million years occur to men if left to themselves.

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

Work is, after all, not a busy running back and forth in established grooves, though that is the essence of our modern business and academic life, but the supreme energy and disciplined curiosity required to cut new grooves.

Well, I have a testimony, I may be ignorant, but I am not lost.