All scholarship, like all science, is an ongoing, open-ended discussion in which all conclusions are tentative forever, the principal value and charm of the game being the discovery of the totally unexpected.
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
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
Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another. - Hugh Nibley
Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another.
True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does. - Hugh Nibley
True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.
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
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… - 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…
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
The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and groomin…
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
Don't be like anybody else. Be different. Then you can make a contribution. Otherwise, you just echo something; you're just a reflection.
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
What on earth have a man's name, degree, academic position, and of all things, opinions, to do with whether a thing is true?
Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels do not come on trivial errands. - Hugh Nibley
Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels do not come on trivial errands.
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