John Taylor
Godliness cannot be conferred but must be acquired, a fact of which the religious world seems strangely and lamentably unconscious.
Joseph SmithA person filled with the love of God is not content with blessing their family alone, but ranges through the whole world, anxious to bless the whole human race.
Joseph SmithThis day I have been walking through the most splended part of the City of New York, ... and the language of my heart is like this: “Can the great God of all the Earth, maker of all things magnificent and splendid, be displeased with man for all these great inventions sought out by them?” My answer is no. It cannot be, seeing these works are are calculated to make men comfortable, wise, and happy.
Gordon B. HinckleyDavid Ransom: As the world leader of the the Church, how are you in touch with God? Can you explain that for me?
. . . The world have no idea of God, and they do not acknowledge him. He may develop, through one person, the principle of electricity, but the world will say it is some wise man that did it. He may, through another, develop the power of steam, but they say, Some wise man did it.
Science reveals the beauty and harmony of the world material; it unveils to us ten thousand mysteries in the kingdom of nature, and shows that all forms of life through fire and analogous decay are returned again to its bosom. It unfolds to us the mysteries of cloud and rains, dew and frost, growth and decay, and reveals the operation of those silent irresistible forces which give vitality to the world.