"I had a vision of the Father and the Son, and the Father said, 'This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!'"

"I have the best of feelings for all men, and I wish them all to be saved."

"I wish to do something to distinguish myself, and so I am going to get up a religion."

"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens! That is the great secret. If the vail was rent today, and the great God who holds this world in its orb…"

"I am not afraid of death. I have a conscience void of offense toward God and toward all men."