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Joseph Smith, Jr. was a prominent translator, born on December 23, 1805, and died on June 27, 1844. He is known for his translation and editing of the Book of Mormon, which has had a profound impact on the development of the Mormon religion.

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“Men will be held accountable for the things which they have and not for the things they have not. ... All the light and intelligence communicated to them from their beneficent creator, whether it is much or little, by the same they in justice will be judged, and ... they are required to yield obedience and improve upon that and that only which is given, for man is not to live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.”

Men Littles Light Given Justice Mouths Creator Bread Obedience Agency Live By Yield Judged

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.

“When a man works by faith, he works by mental exertion instead of by physical force.”

Men Faith Force Exertion Physical Force

Book:Lectures on Faith

Source: Lectures on Faith

“A man is saved no faster than he gets knowledge. For if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world, as evil spirits will have more knowledge, and consequently more power.”

Ifs Men World Doe Spirit Evil Education Saved Faster Other Worlds Captivity More Knowledge Evil Spirits

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.

“I love that man better who swears a stream as long as my arm yet deals justice to his neighbors and mercifully deals his substance to the poor, than the long, smooth faced hypocrite.”

Men Long Justice Poor Deals Arms Neighbor Substance Streams Swear Smooth Hypocrite Fanaticism

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.

“I know what I say; I understand my mission and business. God Almighty is my shield; and what can man do if God is my friend?”

Ifs Knows Men Friendship My Friends Missions Almighty Shields

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.

“I told them I was but a man, and they must not expect me to be perfect; if they expected perfection from me, I should expect it from them; but if they would bear with my infirmities and the infirmities of the brethren, I would likewise bear with their infirmities.”

Ifs Men Should Friendship Perfect Bears Perfection Expected Brethren Infirmity

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.

“I will prove that the world is wrong, by showing what God is...God himself was once as we are now and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret...I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see”

Men World May Ideas Heaven Secret Prove Eternity Veils Exalted

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.