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“Things that appear unlikely, impossible, or paradoxical from one point of view often make perfectly good sense from another.”
― Hugh Nibley, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

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“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, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

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“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, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

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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.”
― Hugh Nibley, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

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“Knowledge can be heady stuff, but it easily leads to an excess of zeal! -- to illusions of grandeur and a desire to impress others and achieve eminence . . . Our search for knowledge should be ceaseless, which means that it is open-ended, never resting on laurels, degrees, or past achievements.”
― Hugh Nibley, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

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