The Manifesto was not a divine production but something manufactured to outwit the church's enemies.

I, Charles W. Penrose, wrote the Manifesto with the assistance of Frank J. Cannon and John White... Wilford Woodruff signed it to beat the devil at his own game.

We are called with a special calling, and we have a special mission to perform.

People build defenses around a weakness, not around strength. Where self-esteem is strong, a defense is unnecessary.

Wake up! Be yourself, not a bad copy of something else!

I wonder how long it will take for me to feel as adult inside as I look outside.

An event has happened, upon which it is difficult to speak, and impossible to be silent.

Beware of any profession for which you must buy new clothes.

I literally want to work until I'm in the grave.

The birth of love is always accompanied by the idea of solitude. A single being appears, and the rest of the world grows empty.

I feel like the best thing, as far as what I do with kids, is I treat them like human beings.

I'm like a monk with a taste for hookers.

While goals are chosen, a purpose is discovered. Our purpose is something we have been doing all along, and will continue to do, regardless of circumstances, until the day we die