Regarding people who were speaking negatively about the Church, Joseph Smith said: They are fools [and] ought to hide their heads in a hollow pumpkin and never take it out.Joseph Smith
Date: 21 February 1843
Source: Joseph Smith Diary by Willard Richards
The Words of Joseph Smith: Page 165
Why I picked this quote?
This quote is, of course, more light hearted than many of the others. But I like this quote because it shows Joseph Smith’s personality and sense of humor. Of course it also speaks volumes as to what Joseph Smith thought of the critics of him and the Church.
