Before we can know God and understand his great plan it is first necessary for us to believe that he exists and that he rewards all who diligently seek him. -Joseph Franklin Rutherford God
It is conceded by all that man is the very highest type of all living creatures on the earth. His intelligence is far superior to that of any other earthly being. -Joseph Franklin Rutherford Intelligence
The earth is yet the place of the domicile of man and all the offspring of the first man. -Joseph Franklin Rutherford Nature
Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men. -Joseph Franklin Rutherford Happiness
The development of the telescope, together with increased knowledge of things, brought men to see that the earth is not what man had once thought it to be. -Joseph Franklin Rutherford Knowledge
