“Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the world's work, and the power to appreciate life.”

“Miracles, or those extraordinary manifestations of the power of god, are not for the unbeliever; they are to console the Saints, and to strengthen and confirm the faith of those who love, fear, and serve God.”

“All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit and power of God write upon it what He pleases. When He writes, I will read; but if I read before He writes, I am very likely to be wrong”

“You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.”

“Pray as though everything depended on the Lord and work as though everything depended on you.”

“Why should we worry about what others think of us, do we have more confidence in their opinions than we do our own?”

“I shall not cease learning while I live, nor when I arrive in the spirit-world… and when I again receive my body, I shall …still continue my researches”