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Brigham Young
Age: 76 †
Born: 1801
Born: June 1
Died: 1877
Died: August 29
Carpenter
Founding Figure
Politician
Prophet
Theologian
Whitingham
Vermont
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Something
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The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy
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People are not to be driven and you can put into a gnat’s eye all the souls of the children of men that are driven into heaven by preaching hell-fire.
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If you don't feel like praying, pray until you do!
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Take up the Bible, compare the religion of the Latter-day Saints with it, and see if it will stand the test
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See that your children are properly educated in the rudiments of their mother tongue, and then let them proceed to higher branches of learning.
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Will you love your brothers or sisters likewise, when they have committed a sin that cannot be atoned for without the shedding of their blood? Will you love that man or woman well enough to shed their blood?
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Yes, polygamy is one of the relics of Adam, of Enoch, of Noah, of Abraham, of Isaac, of Jacob, of Moses, David, Solomon, the Prophets, of Jesus, and his apostles.
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My mind becomes tired, and perhaps some of yours do. If so, go and exercise your bodies.
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If I had the choice of educating a boy or a girl, I would educate the girl. If you educate a boy, you educate one, but if you educate a girl, you educate a generation.
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If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage.
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The best remedy for anger is delay.
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It is difficult to find anything more healthy to drink than good cold water, such as flows down to us from springs and snows of our mountains. This is the beverage we should drink. It should be our drink at all times.
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I arose and spoke substantially as follows: ... I love the government and the constitution of the United States, but I do not love the damned rascals who administer the government.
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This is the reason why the doctrine of plurality of wives was revealed, that the noble spirits who are waiting for tabernacles might be brought forth
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Nature is the glass reflecting God, as by the sea reflected is the sun, too glorious to be gazed on in his sphere.
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I have no wife whom I love so well that I would not put a javelin through her heart, and I would do it with clean hands.
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Our education should be such as to improve our minds and fit us for increased usefulness to make us of greater service to the human family.
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If the Devil says you cannot pray when you are angry, tell him it is none of his business, and pray until that species of insanity is dispelled and serenity is restored to the mind. (p. 175)
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There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source.
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