My mother was the source from which I derived the guiding principles of my life.

To slay the sinner is then the first use of the Law, to destroy the life and strength wherein he trusts and convince him that he is dead while he lives; not only under the sentence of death, but actually dead to God, void of all spiritual life, dead in trespasses and sins.

The first priority of my life is to be holy, and the second goal of my life is to be a scholar.

As long as you feel your own weakness and helplessness, you will find help from above.

The church changes the world not by making converts but by making disciples.

October 6, 1774 I met those of our society who had votes in the ensuing election, and advised them 1. To vote, without fee or reward, for the person they judged most worthy 2. To speak no evil of the person they voted against, and 3. To take care their spirits were not sharpened against those that voted on the other side.

Read the most useful books, and that regularly and constantly.