Joseph Smith, Jr.

I am not learned, but I have as good feelings as any man.

It is my meditation all the day, and more than my meat and drink, to know how I shall make the Saints of God comprehend the visions that roll like an overflowing surge before my mind.

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.

Mormonism is the pure doctrine of Jesus Christ; of which I myself am not ashamed.

There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter.

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.