21 Joseph Smith Quotes

Joseph Smith quotes

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1. And the angel said unto me: Behold the formation of a church which is most abominable above all other churches, which slayeth the saints of God, yea, and tortureth them and bindeth them down, and yoketh them with a yoke of iron, and bringeth them down into captivity.

2. According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the rights and protection of all flesh, according to just and holy principles.

3. All your losses will be made up to you in the resurrection, provided you continue faithful. By the vision of the Almighty I have seen it.

4. A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world, as evil spirits will have more knowledge, and consequently more power..

5. I never told you I was perfect; but there is no error in the revelations which I have taught.

6. [W]e shall have the satisfaction of knowing that we have acted conscientiously, and have used our best judgment. And if we have to throw away our votes, we had better do so upon a worthy rather than an unworthy individual who might make use of the weapon we put in his hand to destroy us.

7. If I had not actually got into this work and been called of God, I would back out. But I cannot back out: I have no doubt of the truth.

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

9. I never thought it was right to call up a man and try him because he erred in doctrine, it looks too much like methodism and not like Latter day Saintism. Methodists have creeds which a man must believe or be kicked out of their church. I want the liberty of believing as I please, it feels so good not to be tramelled.

10. The laundry has its hands on my dirty shirts, sheets, towels and tablecloths, and who knows what tales they tell.

11. When we are accomplishing the good, the greatest opposition comes.

12. Salvation cannot come without revelation. Men of the present time testify of heaven and hell, and have never seen either; and I will say that no man knows these things without this.

13. Will not the Lord hear my prayers and listen to my cries as soon as he ever did to theirs [the ancient saints'] if I come to him in the manner they did?

14. I don't blame anyone for not believing me, if I had not experienced it myself, I would not have believed it myself.