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“The gas-law of learning: . . . any amount of information no matter how small will fill any intellectual void no matter how large.”
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
“Humans are amphibians...half spirit and half animal...as spirits they belong to the eternal world, but as animals they inhabit time. This means that while their spirit can be directed to an eternal object, their bodies, passions, and imaginations are in continual change, for to be in time, means to change. Their nearest approach to constancy, therefore, is undulation--the repeated return to a level from which they repeatedly fall back, a series of troughs and peaks.”
― The Screwtape Letters
― The Screwtape Letters
“There is no neutral ground in the universe. Every square inch, every split second is claimed by God, and counterclaimed by Satan.”
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“Most of my friends from Columbia are going on to get advanced degrees. And why not? A Ph.D. is the new M.A., a master's is the new bachelor's, a B.A. is the new high school diploma, and a high school diploma is the new smiley-face sticker on your first-grade spelling test.”
― Fourth Comings
― Fourth Comings
“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.”
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
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