We are not apt to think of the importance of events as they transpire with us, but we feel the importance of them afterwards.

The Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as president of this church to lead you astray.

Trust in God. Do your duty. Remember your prayers. Get faith in the Lord, and take hold and build up Zion. All will be right.

You may have the administration of angels, you may see many miracles; . . . but I claim that the gift of the Holy Ghost is the greatest gift that can be bestowed upon man.

The moment a man or a woman becomes angry they show a great weakness.

I wish to say to the Latter-day Saints, all that we have to do is be faithful, to keep His commandments, to be humble, to seek Him in mighty prayer, and all will be well with us.

It takes just as much to save a dead man as a living man.

I went before the Lord, and I wrote what the Lord told me to write . . . .

If there was no other motive in view [except] to have the privilege of reading over our journals and for our children to read, it would pay for the time spent in writing it.

We are willing to stand by the revelations of God.

When we get into the spirit world, and the veil is withdrawn, we shall then perhaps understand the whys and wherefores.

If you have to fight old enemies, you should do it with your own old soldiers.

Some people never go crazy, what truly horrible lives they must live.

The directors thought, They understand nothing in the real economy, in real life. They read some stupid books, and they came from the moon to the earth, and maybe in one month they will disappear.

I've done a lot of complaining here, but of all the things I've complained about, I can't complain about my life.

I think of myself as 'catching' the ball with my bat and letting the pitcher supply the power.

I've been writing a lot of country music again. I've written some bluegrass material. I'm having a good time doing that.

Niggerization is the result of oppression -- and it doesn't just apply to the black people. Old people, poor people, and students can also get niggerized.

Britain never had a greater sporting ambassador.

Barnacles on the container ship of consciousness.

Two cannibals eating a clown. One asks the other, 'Does this taste funny to you?'