Sunday Quotations

It is Sunday, hence, quotations! I'll dip my toes back in the blogging waters with this post while I create a menagerie of collages illustrating the past week of vacation bliss!! I'm sharing some quotes from Hugh Nibley today partly because of our trip last week. He was a great scholar and was fluent in many languages. One particular interest of his was Egyptology. He could read Hieroglyphics and I am just generally impressed by him. He was one reason we went to see the Dendera temple. It is one of the most well preserved temples in Egypt and Hugh Nibley would frequent it during his travels to Egypt. I had the privilege of hearing him speak in person while at BYU. But the first person to introduce me to his works was my wonderful Spencer. I remember when I first heard this quote and then I asked, "Why?"

Hugh Nibley was professor emeritus of ancient scripture at Brigham Young
University when this commencement address was given on 19 August 1983.

"Twenty-three years ago on this same occasion, I gave the opening prayer, in which I said: "We have met here today clothed in the black robes of a false priesthood." Many have asked me since whether I really said such a shocking thing, but nobody has ever asked what I meant by it. Why not? Well, some knew the answer already, and as for the rest, we do not question things at the BYU."

That said, I've got a short but sweet quote from Brother Nibley.

"Beauty is whatever gives joy."