Seek ye diligently and teach one another words of wisdom; yea, seek ye out of the best books words of wisdom; seek learning, even by study and also by faith.

Mobs may assemble, calumny may defame, but the work of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent.

When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.

I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; if they expected perfection from me, I should expect it from them; but if they would bear with my infirmities and the infirmities of the brethren, I would likewise bear with their infirmities.

Perhaps I am meant to swim in deep waters.... better deep than shallow!

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

While other men were peacefully following their vocations and extending their interests they [the Saints in Clay County] have been deprived of the right of citizenship, prevented from enjoying their own, charged with violating the sacred principles of our Constitution and laws.