The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil takes power.

One of the grand fundamental principles of Mormonism is to receive truth, let it come from whence it may.

Truth is Mormonism. God is the author of it.

Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.

Let us this very day begin anew, and now say, with all our hearts, we will forsake our sins and be righteous.

The Book of Mormon is true, just what it purports to be, and for this testimony I expect to give an account in the day of judgment.

Salvation could not come to the world without the mediation of Jesus Christ.

A man filled with the love of God is not content with blessing his family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.

This doctrine of polygamy, or spiritual wife-system, that has been taught and practiced among us, will prove our destruction and overthrow.

Unless we members of the Church do all we can to preserve the freedoms we have within the bounds of the laws of God, we will be held accountable.

Patriotism should be sought for and will be found in right living. No man can be a good Latter-day Saint and not be true to the best interests and general welfare of his country.

I know, not everyone will like what I write, but writing is not about trying to please everybody.

It's in our biology to trust what we see with our eyes. This makes living in a carefully edited, overproduced and photoshopped world very dangerous.

The out-dated imagery of sitting over a dusty typewriter staring at blank pages for years is a fallacy and probably designed to keep you from living up to your fullest potential.

It's not fair to compare one artist to another because they all come with their own sort of elements to the picnic, you know.

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic nature than from the sins of the world in which he lives.

A strongest man is the loneliest one

Have more confidence in yourself than allowing your decisions to happen just by chance.

I'm afraid of everything. But maybe when you're afraid of everything, it sort of seems like you're scared of nothing.

Some things don’t mix. Some things don’t mix at all, but sometimes in life you have to take the risk.

Our communal worship at Mass must go together with our personal worship of Jesus in Eucharistic adoration in order that our love may be complete