Gordon B. Hinckley

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Gordon B. Hinckley the modern day prophet of The Church of Latter-day Saints said the following:

BE SMART - The Lord wants us to train our minds and hands to become an influence for good "...that ye may be prepared in all things" (D&C 88:78-80).

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There are few things more pathetic than those who have lost their curiosity and sense of adventure, and who no longer care to learn. {Way to Be, Gordon B. Hinckley Page 28, Way to Be.

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There can be no doubt, none whatever, that education pays. Do not short-circuit your education. If you do, you will pay for it over and over again. Page 31 of Way to Be.

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Each day we are made increasingly aware of the fact that life is more than science and mathematics, more than history and literature. There is need for another education, without which the substance of secular learning may lead only to destruction. I refer to the education of the heart, of the conscience, of the character, of the spirit—these indefinable aspects of our personalities which determine so certainly what we are and what we do in our relationships one with another.

Over fifty years ago while serving in England as a missionary, I went to the London Central YMCA. I suppose that old building has long since gone, but I can never forget the words that faced visitors in the foyer each time they entered. They were the words of Solomon: "With all thy getting get understanding." (Prov. 4:7.)

Understanding of what? Understanding of ourselves, of the purposes of life, of our relationship to God who is our Father, of the great divinely given principles that for centuries have provided the sinew of man’s real progress! (Gordon B. Hinckley, “With All Thy Getting Get Understanding,” Ensign, Aug. 1988, 2).

Last update: November, 2006

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