Joseph Smith, Jr. Quotes
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One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.
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Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it.
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What is the damnation of hell? To go with that society who have not obeyed His commands.
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The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.
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Noah came before the flood. I have come before the fire.
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An angel of God never has wings.
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It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind.
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I could explain a hundred fold more than I ever have of the glories of the kingdoms manifested to me in the vision, were I permitted, and were the people prepared to receive them.
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Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this.
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I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it.
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If my life is of no value to my friends it is of none to myself.