The Lord's Will

“Whatever God requires is right, no matter what it is, although we may not see the reason thereof until long after the events transpire.”

–Joseph Smith Jr. (Teaching of Spencer W. Kimball, 59)

Happiness

“Happiness is the object and design of our existence; and will be the end thereof, if we pursue the path that leads to it; and this path is virtue, uprightness, faithfulness, holiness, and keeping all the commandments of God.”

-Joseph Smith Jr. (History of the Church, 5:134–35; quoted by Benjamín De Hoyes, Ensign, Nov. 2005, 31)

Forgiveness

“Come on, dear brother, since the war is past, For friends at first, are friends again at last.”

–Joseph Smith to W.W. Phelps when accepted back into fellowship after his betrayal in 1838 (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, sel. Joseph Fielding Smith [1976], 165–66)

The Book of Mormon

“I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man might get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts than by any other book.”

–Joseph Smith (Book of Mormon Introduction; History of the Church 4:46)

Agency

"I teach them correct principles, and they govern themselves."

-Joseph Smith (quoted by Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Ensign, Nov 2005, 100)