LDS Quotes on Knowledge
“Humility is essential to the acquiring of spiritual knowledge. To be humble is to be teachable. Humility permits you to be tutored by the Spirit and to be taught from sources inspired by the Lord, such as the scriptures. The seeds of personal growth and understanding germinate and flourish in the fertile soil of humility. Their fruit is spiritual knowledge to guide you here and hereafter.”
| Acquiring Spiritual Knowledge, Ensign Nov. 1993 pg 87
“Faith, to be faith, must center around something that is not known. Faith, to be faith, must go beyond that for which there is confirming evidence. Faith, to be faith, must go into the unknown. Faith, to be faith, must walk to the edge of the light, and then a few steps into the darkness”
| “Faith.” Improvement Era (Nov 1968) 71:60–63.
“I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.”
“I know of no other practice which will make one more attractive in conversation than to be well-read in a variety of subjects. There is a great potential within each of us to go on learning. Regardless of our age, unless there be serious illness, we can read, study, drink in the writings of wonderful men and women. It is never too late to learn. ”
| Stand a Little Taller
“Let these truths sink down in our hearts, that we may even here begin to enjoy that which shall be in full hereafter.”
| Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith, (2007), p. 45
A man is saved no faster than he gains knowledge.
| Discourse, 10 April 1842, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff
“Man is a spiritual being, a soul, and at some point of his life everyone is possessed with an irresistible desire to know his relationship to the infinite. There is something within him which urges him to rise above himself, to control his environment, to master the body and all things physical and live in a higher, more beautiful world.”
Faith and knowledge require equal effort and commitment. We cannot expect to have faith at the center of our lives if all of our efforts are expended on knowledge, sports, hobbies, making money, or other pursuits.
| “Strengthen Faith as You Seek Knowledge,” Ensign, September 2008
“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.”