"You have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves, and to be kings and priests to God, the same as all Gods have done before you, namely, by going from a small degree to another, from grace to grace, fr…"

"I wish to do something to distinguish myself, and so I am going to get up a religion."

"If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I have no doubt of the truth."

"I calculate to be one of the instruments of setting up the kingdom of Daniel."

"I am a rough stone, and the sound of the hammer and chisel are continually upon me."