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

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 quotes: It is throwing your life away to think of the wrong things.

It is throwing your life away to think of the wrong things.

Hugh Nibley quotes: The book of Isaiah is a tract for our own times; our very aversion to it testifies to its relevance.

The book of Isaiah is a tract for our own times; our very aversion to it testifies to its relevance.

Hugh Nibley quotes: Man's dominion is a call to service, not a license to to exterminate.

Man's dominion is a call to service, not a license to to exterminate.

Hugh Nibley quotes: In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star.

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

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

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

Hugh Nibley quotes: Careerism is the determination to reign in hell rather than serve in heaven.

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

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

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

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

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

Hugh Nibley quotes: Self-justification, that was the danger the exhilerating exercise of explaining why my ways are God's ways after all.

Self-justification, that was the danger
the exhilerating exercise of explaining why my ways are God's ways after all.

Hugh Nibley quotes: Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter.

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

Hugh Nibley quotes: Well, I have a testimony, I may be ignorant, but I am not lost.

Well, I have a testimony, I may be ignorant, but I am not lost.

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

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

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

Hugh Nibley quotes: Joseph Smith could not have picked a better year to start The Book of Mormon than 600 B.C.

Joseph Smith could not have picked a better year to start The Book of Mormon than 600 B.C.

Hugh Nibley quotes: True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.

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

Hugh Nibley quotes: The Book of Mormon is an inexhaustible encyclopedia of knowledge.

The Book of Mormon is an inexhaustible encyclopedia of knowledge.

Hugh Nibley quotes: Nobody loves the rat race, but nobody can think of anything else - Satan has us just where he wants us.

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

Hugh Nibley quotes: I would rather be a doorkeeper in the House of the Lord than mingle with the top brass in the tents of the wicked.

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the House of the Lord than mingle with the top brass in the tents of the wicked.

Hugh Nibley quotes: The tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became.

The tragedy of the Book of Mormon is not what became of the Nephites but what the Nephites became.

Hugh Nibley quotes: Who can be 'agents unto themselves' if they are in bondage to others and have to accept their terms?

Who can be 'agents unto themselves' if they are in bondage to others and have to accept their terms?

Hugh Nibley quotes: As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority is the least to be trusted.

As knowledge increases, the verdict of yesterday must be reversed today, and in the long run the most positive authority is the least to be trusted.

Hugh Nibley quotes: Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

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

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 quotes: Every way of life produces its own environment and in turn is influenced by that environment.

Every way of life produces its own environment and in turn is influenced by that environment.

Hugh Nibley quotes: Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle.

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