The prime duty of help to the poor by the Church is not to bring temporal relief to their needs, but salvation to their souls.

The key to happiness is to get the spirit and keep it.

It is perfectly evident...that to thank the Lord in all things is not merely a courtesy, it is a commandment as binding upon us as any other commandment

The only motive strong enough to induce men to exercise the self control required by the religion of Jesus is love.

The Holy Ghost converts [us] from carnality to spirituality. It cleanses, heals, and purifies the soul. . . . . Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, repentance, and water baptism are all preliminary and prerequisite to it, but [the baptism of fire] is the consummation. To receive [this baptism of fire] is to have one's garments washed in the atoning blood of Jesus Christ.

We will see the day when we live on what we produce.

My soul has made its greatest growth as I have been driven to my knees by adversity and affliction.