The spirit of truth will do more to bring persons to light and knowledge than flowery words.--J. of D., Vol. IV., p. 21. Many people are unwilling to do one thing for themselves in case of sickness, but ask God to do it all.--J. of D., Vol. IV., p. 25. I would rather be chopped to pieces at night, and resurrected in the morning each day throughout a period of three score years and ten, than be deprived of speaking freely, or be afraid of doing so.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 364. A man never can be a polished scoundrel, until he can figure in polished society. It proves the truth of the saying, that it takes all the revelations of God, and every good principle in the world to make a man perfectly ripe for hell.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 362. Let the past experience be buried in the land of forgetfulness, if the Lord will; but if this is done at all, it will be by showing kindness towards us in the future. If they wish us to forget the past, let them cease to make and circulate falsehoods about us, and let all the good people of the Government say,--"_Let us do this people good for the future, and not try to crush them down all the day long by continuing to persecute them_." If we are here by chance, if we happened to slip into this world from nothing, we shall soon slip out of this world to nothing, hence nothing will remain.--J. of D., Vol. IV., p. 60. The devil is just as much opposed to Jesus now as he was when the revolt took place in heaven. And as the devil increases his numbers by getting the people to be wicked, so Jesus Christ increases His numbers and strength by getting the people to be humble and righteous. The human family are going to the polls by and by, and they wish to know which party is going to carry the day.--J. of D., Vol. IV., p. 38. If we are a company of poor, ignorant, deluded creatures why do they not show us a better example?--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 365. If children have sinned against their parents, or husbands against their wives, or wives against their husbands, let them confess their faults one to another and forgive each other, and there let the confession stop; and then let them ask pardon from their God. Confess your sins to whoever you have sinned against, and let it stop there. If you have committed a sin against the community, confess to them. If you have sinned in your family, confess there. Confess your sins, iniquities and follies where that confession belongs, and learn to classify your actions.--J. of D., Vol. IV., p. 79. Nothing less than the privilege of increasing eternally, in every sense of the word, can satisfy the immortal spirit. If the endless stream of knowledge from the eternal fountain could all be drunk in by organized intelligence, so sure immortality would come to an end, and all eternity be thrown upon the retrograde path.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 350. God is our Father, and Jesus Christ is our elder brother, and both are our everlasting friends.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 193.