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> [Work is, after all, not a busy running back and forth in established grooves, though that is the essence of our modern business and academic life, but the supreme energy and disciplined curiosity required to cut new grooves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/work-is-after-all-not-a-busy-running-back-and-forth-in-established/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

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## More by Hugh Nibley

> [Joseph Smith could not have picked a better year to start The Book of Mormon than 600 B.C.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/joseph-smith-could-not-have-picked-a-better-year-to-start-the-book-of/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [ \[Eve\] sees through Satan's disquise of clever hypocrisy, identifies him, and exposes him for what he is...\[ever since Satan has\] had it in for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/eve-sees-through-satan-s-disquise-of-clever-hypocrisy-identifies-him/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [The worst sinners, according to Jesus, are not the harlots and publicans, but the religious leaders with their insistence on proper dress and grooming,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/the-worst-sinners-according-to-jesus-are-not-the-harlots-and/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [Only if you reach the boundary will the boundary recede before you. And if you don't, if you confine your efforts, the boundary will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/only-if-you-reach-the-boundary-will-the-boundary-recede-before-you/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [“Blindness to larger contexts is a constitutional defect of human thinking imposed by the painful necessity of being able to concentrate on only one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/blindness-to-larger-contexts-is-a-constitutional-defect-of-human/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [Careerism is the determination to reign in hell rather than serve in heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/careerism-is-the-determination-to-reign-in-hell-rather-than-serve-in/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [The very helplessness of the public which makes it necessary for them to consult the experts also makes it impossible for them to judge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/the-very-helplessness-of-the-public-which-makes-it-necessary-for-them/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [The unique value of Christianity lies in those things which would never in a million years occur to men if left to themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/the-unique-value-of-christianity-lies-in-those-things-which-would/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [Who is righteous? Anyone who is repenting. No matter how bad he has been, if he is repenting he is a righteous man. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/who-is-righteous-anyone-who-is-repenting-no-matter-how-bad-he-has/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [Competitiveness always rests on the assumption of a life-and-death struggle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/competitiveness-always-rests-on-the-assumption-of-a-life-and-death/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [Being self-taught is no disgrace; but being self-certified is another matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/being-self-taught-is-no-disgrace-but-being-self-certified-is-another/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [Why do people feel guilty about TV? What is wrong with it? Just this: it shuts out all the wonderful things of which the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/why-do-people-feel-guilty-about-tv-what-is-wrong-with-it-just-this-it/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [Nobody loves the rat race, but nobody can think of anything else—Satan has us just where he wants us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/nobody-loves-the-rat-race-but-nobody-can-think-of-anything-else-satan/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

> [Why read the Book of Mormon? Because angels do not come on trivial errands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/why-read-the-book-of-mormon-because-angels-do-not-come-on-trivial/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-nibley/if-you-pray-for-an-angel-to-visit-you-you-know-what-he-ll-do-if-he/)

[Hugh Nibley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-nibley/)

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