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

- Hugh Nibley

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…

- Hugh Nibley

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

- Hugh Nibley

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

- Hugh Nibley

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 …

- Hugh Nibley

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

- Hugh Nibley

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

- Hugh Nibley

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

- Hugh Nibley

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

- Hugh Nibley