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We are temples. The temple is a symbol of us; we are not a symbol of the temple. We are meant to be holy and to house a god – as we are meant to become as He is. Currently we are fallen and dead. For the dead, temple work is required. The
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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.”
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
“Man's dominion is a call to service, not a license to to exterminate.”
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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.”
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
“True knowledge never shuts the door on more knowledge, but zeal often does.”
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
― Of all things!: A Nibley quote book
“No matter where we begin, if we pursue knowledge diligently and honestly, our quest will inevitably lead us from the things of the earth to the things of heaven.”
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