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3/24/03
"The path of safety to the learned and all of us in the kingdom of God
is
to hearken and obey the counsels of God in all things." — Delbert
L. Stapley, May 5, 1964, "BYU
Speeches of the Year," p. 3
3/25/03
"Amidst the greatest learning that the world has ever seen, we have
seen
the greatest perishing the world has ever seen, and our greatest
learning has
been utilized for the destruction of God's children. 'But to be
learned is good
if they hearken unto the counsels of God.' Again, no man receiveth the
fulness
of truth-no man may be truly educated-except he keep the commandments
of our
Father in heaven." — Joseph F. Smith,
"Conference Report," April 1946, p. 62
3/26/03
"If a person chooses to set aside the things of the Spirit while
pursuing
only academic endeavors, the outcome is predictable. For those who
choose to row
with only one oar for an extended period of time, one set of muscles
is
strengthened while the others become atrophied. At a later date, as
graduates
with degrees, such individuals may stack their acquired academic
knowledge
against the thin threads of a faith that has been weakened through
neglect.
Their spiritual strength may have remained at or retrogressed to an
elementary
school level. And when they endeavor to make judgments of things of
the Spirit
that come only by faith, the great reservoir of truth into which they
could have
dipped will be shallow, discolored, or stagnant." — Ardeth Greene
Kapp, "I Walk by
Faith," [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1987], p. 98-99
3/27/03
"The inability of the learning of the world to successfully deal with
our
sick society today is due to the fact that both the learned and the
unlearned
reckon without knowledge of or belief in the realities of eternity,
past and
future. So doing, their prospects for success, in spite of their
boasted
advances in behavioral and social sciences, are no greater than would
be those
of a playwright writing what he considered to be a one-act play, but
which in
fact was to be the second act of a three-act play. The first act would
have
already been presented and would have dealt with matters that he had
no
knowledge of or belief in; and the guidelines for the third act, which
he
likewise had no knowledge of or belief in, would have already been
irreversibly
established." — Marion G. Romney,
"Learning for the Eternities," [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co.,
1977], p. 51
3/28/03
"The two groups who have the greatest difficulty in following the
prophet
are the proud who are learned and the proud who are rich. The learned
may feel
the prophet is only inspired when he agrees with them; otherwise, the
prophet is
just giving his opinion-speaking as a man. The rich may feel they have
no need
to take counsel of a lowly prophet." — Ezra
Taft Benson, "The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson," [Salt Lake City:
Bookcraft, 1988], p. 138
2/20/17
The central purpose of the Book of Mormon is its testament of Jesus
Christ. Of more than 6,000 verses in the Book of Mormon, far more than
half refer directly to Him.
So, “we talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we
prophesy of Christ, and we write according to our prophecies, that our
children may know to what source they may look for a remission of
their sins” (2
Ne. 25:26).
The Book of Mormon is an endless treasure of wisdom and inspiration,
of counsel and correction, “adapted to the capacity of the weak and
the weakest [among us]” (D&C
89:3). At once, it is rich in nourishment for the most learned,
if they will humble themselves (see 2
Ne. 9:28–29). – Boyd
K. Packer, “The
Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ—Plain and Precious
Things,” Ensign (CR) May 2005