Who is righteous? Anyone who is repenting. No matter how bad he has been, if he is repenting he is a righteous man. There is hope for him. And no mat….

If you pray for an angel to visit you, you know what he'll do if he comes. He'll just quote the scriptures to you - so you know you're wasting your t….

The unique value of Christianity lies in those things which would never in a million years occur to men if left to themselves..

Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another..

Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle..

The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and groomin….

Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be—but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of ….

True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does..

Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels do not come on trivial errands..

Careerism is the determination to reign in hell rather than serve in heaven..

What on earth have a man's name, degree, academic position, and of all things, opinions, to do with whether a thing is true?.

All scholarship, like all science, is an ongoing, open-ended discussion in which all conclusions are tentative forever, the principal value and charm….

In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star..

At UCLA I quickly learned the knack of getting grades, a craven surrender to custom, since grades had little to do with learning..

Only if you reach the boundary will the boundary recede before you. And if you don't, if you confine your efforts, the boundary will shrink to accomm….

Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection..

Nobody loves the rat race, but nobody can think of anything else—Satan has us just where he wants us..

The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large..

No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the thing….

Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire to impress others and achieve eminen….

Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter..