“No matter what happens, it will, then, always remain secret: only I know exactly the weight and force of the covenants I have made -- I and the Lord with whom I have made them -- unless I choose to reveal them. If I do not, then they are secret and sacred no matter what others may say or do. Anyone who would reveal these things has not understood them, and therefore that person has not given them away. You cannot reveal what you do not know!” IfsKnowsMayPersonsMadeMatterHappensGivenForceSecretLordUnderstoodWeightNo Matter WhatSacredCovenant Author:Hugh Nibley
“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.” KnowsAbleChallengesBehindsPositionWillingSafeDegreesDevicesProfessorsScholarInvitedRivalsDefianceInvitingImmunityGauntlet Author:Hugh Nibley
“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 time waiting for what we already have. I'm quite serious about that.” IfsKnowsWaitingSeriousPrayingAngelScriptureWasting Your TimeVisits You Book:Approaching Zion Source: Approaching Zion
