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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

“Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter.”
― Hugh Nibley, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

“In the business of scholarship, evidence is far more flexible than opinion. The prevailing view of the past is controlled not by evidence but by opinion.”
― Hugh Nibley, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book

“Doctors and trainers often see perfectly developed bodies, but nobody can even begin to imagine what a perfect *mind* would be like; that is where the whole range of progress and growth must take place.”
― Hugh Nibley, Of all things!: A Nibley quote book