[Our] first and foremost duty [is] to seek the Lord until we open the path of communication from God to our own soul.

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.

If you hear voices, you’re a lunatic. If you write down what they say, you’re an author.

There is always danger for those who are afraid.

God has a way of picking a “nobody” and turning their world upside down, in order to create a “somebody” that will remove the obstacles they encountered out of the pathway for others.

I like The Smiths - I would love to do a song with The Smiths, because they are so sonically different.

Ambition is to the mind what the cap is to the falcon; it blinds us first, and then compels us to tower by reason of our blindness.

The only revolution that will change anything is a revolution of perception.

When women kiss it always reminds one of prize fighters shaking hands.

Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen.

Writing a book is like loving someone. It can be very painful.

There is one way of breathing that is shameful and constricted. Then, there's another way: a breath of love that takes you all the way to infinity.