[God] never will institute an ordinance or give a commandment to His people that is not calculated in its nature to promote that happiness which He has designed, and which will not end in the greatest amount of good and glory to those who become the recipients of His law and ordinances.

Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism

Could you gaze into heaven five minutes, you would know more than you would by reading all that ever was written on the subject.

And the angel spake unto me, saying: Behold the gold, and the silver, and the silks, and the scarlets, and the fine-twined linen, and the precious clothing, and the harlots, are the desires of this great and abominable church.

Heavenly Father is more liberal in His views, and boundless in His mercies, than we are ready to believe or receive.

God sees the secret springs of human action, and knows the hearts of all living.

[God] never will institute an ordinance or give a commandment to His people that is not calculated in its nature to promote that happiness which He has designed, and which will not end in the greatest amount of good and glory to those who become the recipients of His law and ordinances.