If I could net master my mouth, I would my knees, and make them bend until my mouth would speak.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 164. All who live according to the best principles in their possession, or that they can understand, will receive peace, glory, comfort, joy, and a crown that will be far beyond what they are anticipating. They will not be lost.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 192. I will not ask any person to embrace anything that is not in the New Testament until they have asked God if it is true or untrue, who will satisfy them if they ask in faith nothing doubting.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 244. Do not seek for that which you cannot magnify, but practice upon that which you have in your possession.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 239. It would be as easy for a gnat to trace the history of man back to his origin as for man to fathom the first cause of all things, lift the veil of eternity, and reveal the mysteries that have been sought after by philosophers from the beginning. What, then, should be the calling and duty of the children of men? Instead of inquiring after the origin of the Gods instead of trying to explore the depths of eternities that have been, that are, and that will be instead of endeavoring to discover the boundaries of boundless space, let them seek to know the object of their present existence, and how to apply, in the most profitable manner for their mutual good and salvation, the intelligence they possess.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 284. The being whom we call Father was the father of the spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ, and He was also His father pertaining to the flesh. Infidels and Christians, make all you can of this statement. The Bible, which all Christians profess to believe, reveals that fact, and it reveals the truth upon that point, and I am a witness of its truth. The apostles who were personally acquainted with Jesus Christ did know and understand what they wrote, and they wrote the truth.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p. 286. When the spirit leaves the body it goes into the spirit world, where the spirits of men are classified according to their own wills or pleasure, as men are here, only they are in a more pure and refined state of existence.--J. of D., Vol. VII., p 288. Salvation is an individual operation. I am the only person that can possibly save myself.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 312. There is _not a truth on earth or in heaven that is not embraced in Mormonism_.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 244. I am here to testify to hundreds of instances of men, women and children being healed by the power of God through the laying on of hands: and many I have seen raised from the gates of death, and brought back from the verge of eternity; and some whose spirits had actually left their bodies, returned again. I testify that I have seen the sick healed by the laying on of hands, according to the promise of the Savior.--J. of D., Vol. I., p. 240.