"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret.... It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Charac…"

"The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead."

"All spirits are pure that come from the presence of God."

"And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren.…"

"I am not afraid to die. I have done nothing to merit death or condemnation."