Quotes

Prayers are to men as dolls are to children. They are not without use and comfort, but it is not easy to take them very seriously.

So many gods, so many creeds, So many paths that wind and wind, While just the art of being kind is all the sad world needs.

I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.

And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren, who consisted of Nephi, Jacob, and Joseph, and Sam, who were just and holy men.

O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought with them before the throne of God.

And I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark and loathsome and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations.

And the Lord had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them

It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.

Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: 'My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.' The stranger is a theologian.

There is nothing so despicable as a secret society that is based upon religious prejudice and that will attempt to defeat a man because of his religion.