Elder Neal A. Maxwell
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"From 1820 on, Joseph Smith was attacked in a pattern of steady accusations — followed by eventual vindications. The pattern continues."
"Meanwhile, let us expect that many will regard us indifferently. Others will see us as quaint or misled. Let us bear the pointing fingers which ironically, belong to those being born who find 'the great and spacious building' to be a stale and cramped third-class hotel. Let us revile not the revilers and heed them not. Instead, let us use our energy to hold up the shield of faith to quench the incoming, fiery darts — aided perhaps by a touch of spiritual Teflon."
"Joseph Smith, a choice translator, brought forth — by the 'gift and power of God' — the Book of Mormon, something tangible, testable and verifiable. For all who heed it, the book is like flinging open long-closed doors on what was assumedly a complete canon of scripture."
"Since (God) knows our thoughts, we are fully accountable to him. On judgment day we cannot invoke the Fifth Amendment!"
"I have saved for last the pre-eminent revelation that truly ranks first: the theophanies showing the reality of a resurrected Jesus who is our Savior! Beginning with the Sacred Grove, other confirming appearances soon followed in obscure locations like Kirtland and Hiram, and all mankind thereby received this desperately needed confirmation."
"What can I say more except 'praise to the man who communed with Jehovah.' "
