Joseph Smith, Jr. Quotes - Page 2

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• Knowledge does away with darkness, suspense, and doubt; for these cannot exist where knowledge is . . . In knowledge there is power.

  Joseph Smith, Jr.

  Darkness, Doubt, Doe

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• If you live up to your privileges, the angels cannot be restrained from being your associates.

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  Angel, Privilege, Associates

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• There are so many fools in the world for the devil to operate upon, it gives him the advantage oftentimes.

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  Honesty, Giving, Devil

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• Happiness is the object and design of our existence.

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  Happiness, Design, Joy

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• Where doubt is, there faith has no power.

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  Doubt

  Joseph Smith (Jr.) (1988). “Lectures on Faith”, p.49, Zion's Camp Books

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• A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge

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  Men, Gains, Faster

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• God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret.... It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God, and to know... that he was once a man like us.... Here, then, is eternal life - to know the only wise and true God; and you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves... the same as all Gods have done before you.

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  Wise, Character, Men

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• I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his substance to the poor, than the long, smooth faced hypocrite.

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  Hypocrite, Men, Long

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• The purposes of our God are great, His love unfathomable, His wisdom infinite, and His power unlimited; therefore, the Saints have cause to rejoice and be glad.

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  Saint, Purpose, His Love

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

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  Principles, Mormonism, Fundamentals

  "Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith". Book by Joseph Smith, p. 199, July 9, 1843.

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• Patience is heavenly, obedience is noble, forgiveness is merciful, and exaltation is godly; and he that holds out faithful to the end shall in no wise lose his reward. A good man will endure all things to honor Christ, and even dispose of the whole world, and all in it, to save his soul.

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  Wise, Godly, Men

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• Sometimes the Lord brings us low before he can lift us higher.

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  Sometimes, Lord, Lows

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• I teach them correct principles and they govern themselves.

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  Principles, Teach, Personal Revelation

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• [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.

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  Hands, Knowing, Use

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• I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world.

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  Foundation, World, Whole

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• Seek to know God in your closets, call upon him in the fields. Follow the directions of the Book of Mormon, and pray over, and for your families, your cattle, your flocks, your herds, your corn, and all things that you possess [see Alma 34:18-27]; ask the blessing of God upon all your labors, and everything that you engage in.

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  Book, Blessing, Corn

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• Do not be discouraged on account of the greatness of the work; only be humble and faithful. . . . He who scattered Israel has promised to gather them; therefore inasmuch as you are to be instrumental in this great work, He will endow you with power, wisdom, might, and intelligence, and every qualification necessary.

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  Inspirational, Faith, God

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• 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.

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  Devil, Moments, Permit

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• Search your hearts, and see if you are like God. I have searched mine, and feel to repent of all my sins.

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  Heart, Sin, Repent

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• No man can receive the Holy Ghost without receiving revelations. The Holy Ghost is a revelator.

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  Men, Receiving, Ghost

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• The things of God are of deep import; and time, and experience, and careful and ponderous and solemn thoughts can only find them out.

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  Careful, Solemn, Imports

  "Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith". Book by Joseph Smith, 137, March 25, 1839.

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

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  Jesus, World, Christ

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• 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.

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  Loss, Faithful, Vision

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• I made this my rule: When the Lord commands, do it.

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  Lord, Made, Command

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

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  Spiritual, Wife, Taught

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