You can only expand your capacities by working to the very limit Hugh Nibley More Quotes by Hugh Nibley More Quotes From Hugh Nibley Every way of life produces its own environment and in turn is influenced by that environment. Hugh Nibley produceenvironmentway Work is, after all, not a busy running back and forth in established grooves, though that is the essence of our modern business and academic life, but the supreme energy and disciplined curiosity required to cut new grooves. Hugh Nibley businessrunninglife 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. Hugh Nibley gamesforeverdiscovery It is throwing our life away, to think of the wrong things. Hugh Nibley wrong-thingsthrowingthinking Well, I have a testimony, I may be ignorant, but I am not lost. Hugh Nibley ignorantlostmay Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another. Hugh Nibley perfectly-goodviewsimpossible Nobody loves the rat race, but nobody can think of anything else—Satan has us just where he wants us. Hugh Nibley racewantthinking Wherever we look in the ancient world the past has been controlled, but nowhere more rigorously than in the history of the Christian church. The methods of control, wherever we find them, fall under three general heads which might be described as (a) the invention, (b) the destruction, and (c) the alteration of documents. Hugh Nibley powerchristianfall 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 uniquemenlying Man's dominion is a call to service, not a license to to exterminate. Hugh Nibley licensedominionmen Careerism is the determination to reign in hell rather than serve in heaven. Hugh Nibley reigndeterminationheaven 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 yesterdayrunningknowledge A professor is not one who knows, but one who professes to know, and [thus] is constantly in the position of inviting challenge. . . . He professes publicly where everyone is invited to come and challenge, [and] at any time he must be willing and able to defend it openly against all comers. The degree is originally a chivalric device-a gauntlet of defiance to all rivals-and not a safe rampart or dug-out for a scholar to hide behind in safe immunity from any challenge. Hugh Nibley rivalssafechallenges In this crucible of wickedness the true greatness of Mormon shines like a star. Hugh Nibley greatnessstarsshining Joseph Smith could not have picked a better year to start The Book of Mormon than 600 B.C. Hugh Nibley joseph-smithbookyears The very helplessness of the public which makes it necessary for them to consult the experts also makes it impossible for them to judge how expert they are. Hugh Nibley judgingexpertsimpossible Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter. Hugh Nibley taughtselfmatter 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 uclaknacklearning Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle. Hugh Nibley life-and-deathassumptionstruggle
