"Whenever men can find out the will of God, and find an administrator legally authorized from God, there is the kingdom of God; but where these are not, the kingdom of God is not." - Nauvoo, Illinois, January 22nd, 1843
"The plea of many in this day is, that we have no right to receive revelations; but if we do not get revelations we do not have the oracles of God, and if they have not the oracles of God, they are not the people of God." - Nauvoo, Illinois, January 22nd, 1843
"The question is frequently asked, can we not be saved without going through with all those ordinances, etc? I would answer, No, not the fulness of salvation." - Nauvoo, Illinois, January 21st, 1844
"The Saints have not too much time to save and redeem their dead, and gather together their living relatives, that they may be saved also, before the earth will be smitten, and the consumption decreed falls upon the world." - Nauvoo, Illinois, January 21st, 1844
"All beings who have bodies have power over those who have not. 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." - Nauvoo, Illinois, January 5th, 1841
"We came to this earth that we might have a body and present it pure before God in the Celestial Kingdom. The great principle of happiness consists in having a body. The Devil has no body, and herein is his punishment." - Nauvoo, Illinois, January 5th, 1841
"At the first organization in heaven we were all present and saw the Savior chosen and appointed, and the plan of salvation made and we sanctioned it." - Nauvoo, Illinois, January 5th, 1841
"That which is without body or parts is nothing. There is no other God in heaven but that God who has flesh and bones." - Nauvoo, Illinois, January 5th, 1841
"Some people say I am a fallen prophet because I do not bring forth more of the word of the Lord. Why do I not do it? Are we able to receive it? No! Not one in this room." - Nauvoo, Illinois, December 19th, 1841
"The order of the house of God, has, and ever will be the same, even after Christ comes; and after the termination of the thousand years it will be the same; and we shall finally roll into the celestial kingdom of God and enjoy it forever." - Kirtland, Ohio, November 12th, 1835
"It is an unhallowed principle to say that such and such have transgressed because they have been preyed upon by disease or death, for all flesh is subject to death; and the Savior has said, 'Judge not, lest ye be judged'" - Nauvoo, Illinois, September 29th, 1839
"Shall a man be considered bad, when men speak evil of him? No; if a man stands and opposes the world of sin, he may expect all wicked and corrupt spirits arrayed against him." - Nauvoo, Illinois, August 31st, 1842
"He that will war the true Christian warfare against the corruptions of these last days will have wicked men and angels of devils, and all the infernal powers of darkness continually arrayed against him." - Nauvoo, Illinois, August 31st, 1842
"Although I do wrong, I do not the wrongs that I am charged with doing; the wrong that I do, is through the frailty of human nature, like other men. No man lives without fault." - Nauvoo, Illinois, August 31st, 1842
"Up to this day God had given me wisdom to save the people who took counsel. None had ever been killed who abode by my counsel. At Hauns' Mill the brethren went contrary to my counsel, if they had not, their lives would have been spared." - Nauvoo, Illinois, August 29th, 1942
"When God offers a blessing or knowledge to a man, and he refuses to receive it, he will be damned. The Israelites prayed that God would speak to Moses, and not to them; in consequence of which he cursed them with a carnal law." - Nauvoo, Illinois, August 27th, 1843
"The sacrifice required of Abraham in the offering up of Isaac, shows that if a man would attain to the keys of the kingdom of an endless life, he must sacrifice all things." - Nauvoo, Illinois, August 27th, 1843
"I say to all those who are disposed to set up stakes for the Almighty, you will come short of the glory of God. To become a joint heir of the heirship of the Son, he must put away all his tradition." - Nauvoo, Illinois, August 27th, 1843