Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.

You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.

Your endowment is, to receive all those ordinances in the house of the Lord, which are necessary for you, after you have departed this life, to enable you to walk back to the presence of the Father.

If you have a bad thought about yourself, tell it to go to hell because that is exactly where it came from.

I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.

He who takes offense when no offense is intended is a fool, and he who takes offense when offense is intended is a greater fool.

He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is anti-christ

The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy

The best remedy for anger is delay.

Pray as if all depended on God and work as if all depended upon you.

We should never permit ourselves to do anything that we are not willing to see our children do.

The Expansion Process in a nut shell1. Notice2. Breathe3. Ask to be open and expand again4. Go into the pain5. Feel the body6. Use the tools7. Communicate clearly

I know that no matter how lonely I get, I'll never be truly alone again. Our loved ones don't leave us. They just move out of sight for a while, and wait...in the shades.

The heresy of an age of reason. I see what is right and approve, but I do what is wrong.

I grew up about 60 miles northwest of New York, in Middletown, NY.

I don't use coarse language very often. I have a larger vocabulary than that.

An early fascination with higher mathematics at the university level blossomed into speculative thinking that could provide a basis for dealing with economic issues.

You can never really predict how people are going to react, what they're going to think about, whether they care.

People who believe in painting... realize there is something greater than just coming up with an idea, and executing it.

My wife is beginning to instruct me on means to retrieve dreams, and bit by bit, it does seem to be working.

I have my flaws and my issues, past and present and who knows what will happen in the future. I want people to know Im vulnerable too and each one of us is.