The Church Patriarch emeritus, Eldred G. Smith made this statement, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere outside his statement.
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The Lord has told us of three degrees of glory. There are three “heavens,” as it is often referred to. We call them the telestial, terrestrial, and the celestial. I cannot for a minute conceive the telestial being hell, either, because it is considered a heaven, a glory. The Prophet Joseph Smith told us that if we could get one little glimpse into the telestial glory even, the glory is so great that we would be tempted to commit suicide to get there (Eldred G. Smith, BYU Speeches, March 10, 1964, p. 4).
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I believe the members tend to make a misquote of this, as it suggests we would be
tempted, not that we would necessarily do it.